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The English Patient: Leslie Burke wants to live; the National Health Service has a second opinion.
London The most important bioethics litigation in the world today involves a 45-year-old Englishman, Leslie Burke. He isn't asking for very much. Burke has a progressive neurological disease that may one day deprive him of the ability to swallow. If that happens, Burke wants to receive food and water through a tube. Knowing that Britain's National Health Service (NHS) rations care, Burke sued to ensure that he will not be forced to endure death by dehydration against his wishes.
Burke's lawsuit is important to the future of medical ethics; it is substantially different than the Terri Schiavo case. Schiavo was dehydrated to death a bitter and profound injustice ...
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