A man suffering from ‘locked-in syndrome’ will discover if doctors will be allowed to end his life when a UK High Court gives its verdict.
The family of Tony Nicklinson are challenging the British Government and asking for assurances that any doctor who gives him a lethal injection is not prosecuted for murder.
A man suffering from ‘locked-in syndrome’ will discover if doctors will be allowed to end his life when a UK High Court gives its verdict.
The family of terminally ill Tony Nicklinson are challenging the British Government and asking for assurances that any doctor who gives him a lethal injection is not prosecuted for murder.
The case has divided both medical and ethical opinion.
Al Jazeera's Laurence Lee reports from London.
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