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Starter: Make A List of Things You Do That Makes Life Worth Living?
Starter: Make A List of Things You Do That Makes Life Worth Living?
Euthanasia
Aim: Examine a case study to decide if it was murder or mercy
This is Ty Ziegel aged 24 Ty was saved by doctors after taking the full force of a bomb explosion in Iraq. If you were him what would you say to the field doctors who first treated him at the front?
This is Tony Bland who died aged 22 in 1993 the 96th victim of Hilsborough
There was no improvement in his condition and eventually his consultant, Dr James Howe, and his parents made an application through Airedale NHS Trust to the High Court that they would not be acting unlawfully if they were to stop giving food and fluids to him in order to `let poor Tony die'.
On November 19th 1992, Sir Stephen Brown, the President of the High Court's Family Division, ruled that food and fluids could lawfully be withdrawn. There was an Appeal but on 9th December the verdict was upheld by three Judges in the Appeal Court. The case then went to the House of Lords, and on Thursday February 4th 1993 five Law Lords also rejected the Appeal. The tube which delivered food to Tony was removed and 11 days later he became the 96th victim of the Hillsborough tragedy.
When your group has come to a decision you must elect a spokesman to relay your decision to the rest of the class. You may all have to defend your decision
Plenary- pick out two possible outcomes which you think are most likely, write them down and explain why they might be a worry
Doctors should always try to save lives and never end them.
Do you agree? Show that you have considered more than one point of view.