A terminally-ill woman is taking radical steps to be given the right to die.
Kelly Taylor wants doctors to give her a strong dose of morphine to control her pain and which ultimately could cause her death. She suffers from the heart and lung condition Eisenmenger's syndrome.
The 30-year-old's legal team will argue that doctors have a duty to provide her with adequate pain control. Such a decision is known as the "double effect", and is a widely recognised principle of medical ethics.
Many doctors subscribe to the view that it is sometimes permissible to administer a high dosage of painkillers in cases of terminal illness, even when this will cause death as a side-effect.
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I watched this news story today at lunch and was moved by it,imo she is within her own rights to fight for this,i would prob do the same
