Dr Nigel Cox euthanasia case

Title

Dr Nigel Cox euthanasia case

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

21 Sep 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:03:11

Description

Report on the suspended sentence given to Dr Nigel Cox by Winchester Crown Court for admistering a lethal injection to a suffering patient, Lillian Boyes. With comment from Dr Cox; Lillian Boyes’ son Patrick; Wessex Health Authority spokesman Graham Linyard; BMA spokesman (not identified); patients of Dr Cox. Mary Stanley reports.

Contributors

Nigel Cox; Mary Stanley; Patrick Boyes; Graham Linyard

Keywords

Medical ethics; Murder trials; Euthanasia; Doctors; Sentencing; Injections; Winchester; Verdicts; Nigel Cox; Lillian Boyes

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