Directory of Crick, Nancy Resources

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In May 2002, Crick hastened her death in her Queensland, Australia home with 21 relatives, friends, and right to die activists present. Though many believed she was dying of bowel cancer, a post-mortem examination found no visual evidence of the disease. The 69-year old chronicled the last four months of her life in an online diary in order to raise public awareness and, ultimately, change Australia's laws about assisted dying.

Resources in This Category

• Australian Broadcasting Corporation - "A year today since Nancy Crick committed suicide"

  http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2003/s860960.htm
  A radio show transcript about the consequences of Crick's death.

• Sydney Morning Herald - "Can someone help me die? woman pleads"

  http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/03/25/1017004767740.html
  Article regarding Crick's early plans to hasten her death.

• Sydney Morning Herald - "Crick leaves behind legal legacy"

  http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/05/23/1022038458335.html
  Article about legal issues surrounding Crick's death.

• Sydney Morning Herald - "More terminally ill plan to end life: Nitschke"

  http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/05/24/1022038472060.html
  Article contains quotes from right to die advocate Philip Nitschke and information about the investigation into Crick's death.

• The Age - "'I didn't want to die alone': Nancy Crick

  http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/05/23/1022038451971.html
  Article about Crick's death and the video she created days before it.

• The Age - "Crick may reconsider decision to end life"

  http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/04/04/1017206237431.html
  Article about Crick's utilization of palliative care and reconsideration of hastening death.

• The Age - "Death could become a test case"

  http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/05/23/1022038449956.html
  Article about euthanasia advocate's assertion that Crick's death could be used to test hastened dying laws.

• The Age - "Nancy has exposed the plight of too many elderly"

  http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/04/01/1017206183247.html
  Op-ed about Crick and other terminally ill by Marshall Perron, former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory and author of the territory's former voluntary euthanasia legislation.

 

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