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Article: WA: Quadriplegic man tells court he wants to die in WA
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- August 14, 2009
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AAP General News (Australia)
08-14-2009
WA: Quadriplegic man tells court he wants to die in WA
By Andrea Hayward
PERTH, Aug 14 AAP - A landmark court decision to allow the wishes of a Perth quadriplegic
to stop being fed by a nursing home has opened the door for people who want to die by
starvation, his lawyer says.
In the West Australian Supreme Court on Friday, Chief Justice Wayne Martin said it
would be unlawful for the nursing home operator, Brightwater Care Group, to continue to
feed and hydrate Christian Rossiter through a tube to his stomach against his wishes.
Chief Justice Martin also said any person providing palliative care to 49-year-old
Mr Rossiter would not be criminally ...