Another example of a physician-assisted suicide incident that attracted some attention on the issue occurred with a 37-year-old woman named "BB". This woman had a "serious stroke and soon after she became quadriplegic and unable to speak" (Annals of Internal Medicine). She spent many days learning to communicate with others around her by using a special computer. "Finding her life quality of life intolerable, she repeatedly communicated a wish to die" (Annals of Internal Medicine). She underwent some psychiatric counseling, and they agreed that she had the ability to do her own decision-making. So the staff "took away all of her artificial nutrition and hydration, and only provid
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