Scientist Goodalls parting shots before suicide
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that law doesnt come into effect until mid-2019 and would not benefit goodall because he is not terminally ill or suffering from an incurable disease2 david goodall a 104-year-old australian scientist who committed assisted suicide in switzerland today left some parting shots saying choosing how and when to die should be a right2 everyone over middle age should have the right unquestioned to end their lives as and when they choose but we have quite a way to go in australia for that he said2 asked by reporters what would be his last meal the centenarian wryly noted that he is rather limited in his culinary enjoyments these days2 goodall said he had no doubts over his chosen course of action and was grateful for the opportunity to come to an end gracefully2 there are many things i would like to do but its too late.im content to leave them undone2 my abilities have been in decline over the past year or two my eyesight over the past six years.i no longer want to continue life. i am happy to have the chance tomorrow to end it he said2 goodall died today after taking a fatal sleeping drug and was surrounded by four family members and a close friend2 the renowned ecologist had flown to the clinic from his home in australia where euthanasia is illegal2 he was not terminally ill but said he had grown tired of living with deteriorating health2 dr goodall had arrived at the clinic just before 11am on thursday morning and enjoyed a final meal of fish and chips and cheesecake which was his favourite2 beethovens 9th symphony was played in the room at the suicide clinic in liestal near basel as he took the fatal overdose of the sleeping drug2 goodall arrived in switzerland on may 7 after visiting relatives in the french city of bordeaux2 he celebrated his 104th birthday on april 4. the scientist was granted a fast-track appointment at the life circle clinic in basel2 switzerland is one of the few countries in the world to allow assisted suicide in which a person is given a lethal drug to administer themselves2 assisted dying is illegal in australia. except for one state victoria which in november 2017 voted to legalize euthanasia in some cases2 speaking to reporters at a hotel near spalentor gate in basel on wednesday goodall stressed he was happy to have the chance to end his life in switzerland but would have preferred to do so back home2 born in london in 1914 he went to australia in 1948 to teach at the university of melbourne2 he married three times has four children and twelve grandchildren. the family is scattered around the world2 by his bedside thursday will be one of the scientists sons along with some grandchildren who came from the united states and france respectively2 goodall is a veteran member of exit international an end-of-life choices information and advocacy organisation2 he unsuccessfully tried to take his life earlier this year and had a fall at his home in perth2 the organization arranged his appointment at life circle and raised funds for the scientist to travel business class from australia to switzerland2 in the vanguard exit international director philip nitschke says there is a growing generation of older people who are living longer than ever before who are not ill and who are demanding end of life choices.2 professor david goodall is at the vanguard of this generational change in deciding when and how to die he said urging more countries to adopt laws similar to those of switzerland2 the scientist will take the drug nembutal a barbiturate intravenously. he will turn a knob that will allow a saline solution mixed with the drug to flow into his system2 he will go to sleep within a minute or two and be dead within the hour says dr. fiona stewart publisher and co-author of the the peaceful pill handbook2 hollywood icon marilyn monroe overdosed on barbiturates in 1962 in a death characterized as a probable suicide. american guitarist jimi hendrix died of a similar overdose in 19702 stewart says more than 30 australians have made the trip to switzerland since the 1998 foundation of dignitas in zurich. the number is at least ten times higher for britons2 the alpine nation has three assisted suicide organizations catering to foreigners dignitas basels life circle and ex international in bern no relation to exit international2 assisted suicide and euthanasia where the lethal drug is adminsitered by a doctor or medical staff is at the heart of heated ethical debates that touch on religious medical legal and ethical questions2 goodall a botanist and ecologist said he would quite like to be remembered as an instrument of freeing the elderly from the need to pursue their life irrespectively2

Scientist Goodalls parting shots before suicide
News & Trends •
that law doesnt come into effect until mid-2019 and would not benefit goodall because he is not terminally ill or suffering from an incurable disease2 david goodall a 104-year-old australian scientist who committed assisted suicide in switzerland today left some parting shots saying choosing how and when to die should be a right2 everyone over middle age should have the right unquestioned to end their lives as and when they choose but we have quite a way to go in australia for that he said2 asked by reporters what would be his last meal the centenarian wryly noted that he is rather limited in his culinary enjoyments these days2 goodall said he had no doubts over his chosen course of action and was grateful for the opportunity to come to an end gracefully2 there are many things i would like to do but its too late.im content to leave them undone2 my abilities have been in decline over the past year or two my eyesight over the past six years.i no longer want to continue life. i am happy to have the chance tomorrow to end it he said2 goodall died today after taking a fatal sleeping drug and was surrounded by four family members and a close friend2 the renowned ecologist had flown to the clinic from his home in australia where euthanasia is illegal2 he was not terminally ill but said he had grown tired of living with deteriorating health2 dr goodall had arrived at the clinic just before 11am on thursday morning and enjoyed a final meal of fish and chips and cheesecake which was his favourite2 beethovens 9th symphony was played in the room at the suicide clinic in liestal near basel as he took the fatal overdose of the sleeping drug2 goodall arrived in switzerland on may 7 after visiting relatives in the french city of bordeaux2 he celebrated his 104th birthday on april 4. the scientist was granted a fast-track appointment at the life circle clinic in basel2 switzerland is one of the few countries in the world to allow assisted suicide in which a person is given a lethal drug to administer themselves2 assisted dying is illegal in australia. except for one state victoria which in november 2017 voted to legalize euthanasia in some cases2 speaking to reporters at a hotel near spalentor gate in basel on wednesday goodall stressed he was happy to have the chance to end his life in switzerland but would have preferred to do so back home2 born in london in 1914 he went to australia in 1948 to teach at the university of melbourne2 he married three times has four children and twelve grandchildren. the family is scattered around the world2 by his bedside thursday will be one of the scientists sons along with some grandchildren who came from the united states and france respectively2 goodall is a veteran member of exit international an end-of-life choices information and advocacy organisation2 he unsuccessfully tried to take his life earlier this year and had a fall at his home in perth2 the organization arranged his appointment at life circle and raised funds for the scientist to travel business class from australia to switzerland2 in the vanguard exit international director philip nitschke says there is a growing generation of older people who are living longer than ever before who are not ill and who are demanding end of life choices.2 professor david goodall is at the vanguard of this generational change in deciding when and how to die he said urging more countries to adopt laws similar to those of switzerland2 the scientist will take the drug nembutal a barbiturate intravenously. he will turn a knob that will allow a saline solution mixed with the drug to flow into his system2 he will go to sleep within a minute or two and be dead within the hour says dr. fiona stewart publisher and co-author of the the peaceful pill handbook2 hollywood icon marilyn monroe overdosed on barbiturates in 1962 in a death characterized as a probable suicide. american guitarist jimi hendrix died of a similar overdose in 19702 stewart says more than 30 australians have made the trip to switzerland since the 1998 foundation of dignitas in zurich. the number is at least ten times higher for britons2 the alpine nation has three assisted suicide organizations catering to foreigners dignitas basels life circle and ex international in bern no relation to exit international2 assisted suicide and euthanasia where the lethal drug is adminsitered by a doctor or medical staff is at the heart of heated ethical debates that touch on religious medical legal and ethical questions2 goodall a botanist and ecologist said he would quite like to be remembered as an instrument of freeing the elderly from the need to pursue their life irrespectively2