article_snippet: ‘If I am no longer able to communicate, so as to express my opinion, and this is verified on two occasions, 48-hours apart, by two doctors, then I would wish for my ventilation to be stopped and to manage my peaceful death.
article_snippet: Miss Isaac is the latest in a long line of terminally ill patients who have demanded for the right to end their lives, most notably Debbie Purdy, who died in December last year at the age of 51 after a year of refusing food.
article_snippet: She lived with multiple sclerosis for almost two decades and was a vocal campaigner for the ‘right to die’.
article_snippet: There are many people who are suffering from a whole raft of debilitating conditions who would be horrified at the suggestion that they should end they life. '
article_snippet: Mrs Isaac is the latest in a long line of terminally ill patients who have demanded for the right to end their lives .