Chantal Sebire
| Chantal Sebire | |
| Birth | 28 January 1955 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | 19 March 2008 (53 years) Plumbers-les-Dijon , France |
| Nationality |  French |
| Occupation (s) | Schoolteacher |
Chantal Sebire, born 28 January 1955 and died on 19 March 2008 at Plombieres-les-Dijon , is a teaching French. She was diagnosed with a tumor of the rare side , and the media coverage of his suffering and death has rekindled the debate on euthanasia in France.
Summary |
His Death
Chantal Sebire was diagnosed with Esthesioneuroblastoma , a tumor very rare sinus and nasal septum. This tumor had become incurable, resulted in pain excruciating and made him lose the smell , the taste , then finally to six months before his death. Being against the idea of suicide or Time , but Chantal Sebire, anxious not to see her words twisted and used his image, will close the door on most of the media, booking confidence in the journalist of France 3 that she appreciated the comment during a first report, the 1 and February 2 . Chantal Sebire has also made requests to Nicolas Sarkozy and justice for the "right to die with dignity", and in full consciousness. Bernard Kouchner , a former physician and former Health Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs now taking a stand for the right to die Sbire Chantal , on the contrary positions taken by Rachida Dati , Minister of Justice, or Christine Boutin , Minister for Housing and the city. The words of Christine Boutin invoking the physical appearance of Chantal Sbire will be denounced as "scandalous" and "deceptive" by Jean-Luc Romero , president of the Association for the right to die with dignity .
His complaint was dismissed on 17 March 2008 by the High Court of Dijon. It applies the law known Leonetti , which allows only the limitation of futile treatment and the initiation of therapeutic comfort at the end of life while enabling the acceleration of death, do not form a therapeutic target. Chantal Sebire was found dead following a massive ingestion of barbiturates , two days later, on March 19 at his home in Plombieres-les-Dijon in Cote d'Or (the same day as the Belgian writer Hugo Claus with the Belgian law allowed euthanasia ).
His death, preceded by a media battle has revived debate on the delicate issue of euthanasia, which has increased on many sites and Internet forums, especially those devoted to the book by Mary Hennezel , "Can we legalize euthanasia? " .
Sources
- World Survey on the approach of Chantal Sbire
- "The demand for euthanasia Chantal Sbire cut Monday by the Justice" , Le Monde , 17 March 2008.
- Gatan Gorce, "End of life, refine the law" , Le Monde , 18 March 2008.
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