Its Not Because I Want to Die by Debbie Purdy

Its Not Because I Want to Die by Debbie Purdy

Debbie Purdy doesn't want to die. She has far too much to live for. But when the time comes, and the pain is so unbearable that she cannot go on, she wants her husband to be by her side, holding her hand until the end; and she wants to know that he won't be arrested.

Debbie Purdy suffers from a progressive form of multiple sclerosis that will lead to the degeneration of her body. She was diagnosed in 1995, less than a month after she met her husband, Cuban Jazz violinist Omar Puente.

For the past seven years she has been battling for the laws about assisting suicide to be reviewed.

In September 2009 her long fight was finally rewarded when the court ruled that the current lack of clarity is a violation of human rights. In March 2010 the Director of Public Prosecutions will issue a clear policy on when prosecutions can be brought in assisted suicide cases.

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ISBN 13	9780007357987
ISBN 10	0007357982
Title	Its Not Because I Want to Die
Author	Debbie Purdy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2010-04-01
Number of pages	304
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