Comatose woman in Italy row dies

Eluana Englaro, a comatose woman at the centre of a right-to-die case in Italy, died on the 9 February 2009 despite efforts by the centre-right government and the Vatican to compel doctors to keep her alive on a feeding tube.

The Economist, No.8618, 14.2.09: Italy and the right to die. Death in Udine http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13110088

ESO: Background information: Euthanasia: a continent divided http://www.europeansources.info/record/euthanasia-a-continent-divided/

Spiegel Online International, 10.2.09: Italy Debates the Right to Die http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,606434,00.html

BBC News, 10.2.09: Italy seeks clarity on euthanasia http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7881441.stm

France24, 10.2.09: Controversy surrounds death of Eluana Englaro http://www.france24.com/en/20090210-controversy-continues-around-death-eluana-englaro-euthanasia-vatican-italy

ANSA, 10.2.09: Eluana doctors to be interviewed http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/english/english.shtml

Deutsche Welle, 10.2.09: Calls for Reform, Recriminations After Italian Coma Patient's Death http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4016487,00.html

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