Article: DEATH WISH; Press Yes on the screen... you'll be gone in seconds.(Features)

Mother of three Jan Culhane has only one wish ... to die.

Nurse Jan is riddled with cancer, and wants to be the first person in the world to hook up to a hi-tech SUICIDE machine.

Invented by Dr Philip Nitschke - known as Australia's Dr Death - it consists of a suitcase containing a syringe of lethal drugs.

One lead from the case goes to a laptop computer, another to a person's arm.

The computer takes the person through three stages, ending with a statement:

"If you press YES, you will cause a lethal injection to be given in 30 ...

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