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Dr Tom Riddington is from the Midlands and trained at King's College London School of Medicine. He works as an NHS hospital doctor and has a special interest in medical ethics and healthcare politics.

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Some with locked-in syndrome do not want to die. But Tony Nicklinson does., Notebook

Some with locked-in syndrome do not want to die. But Tony Nicklinson does.

A man is suffering and needs help. The treatment is easily administered and has almost guaranteed success. We watch, and sympathise, and discuss at length the shame and the shock of his situation, how we couldn’t imagine his pain. But we do nothing.

By | Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 17 August 2012 at 11:20 am

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