{"id":3942,"date":"2015-05-25T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.dignitas.bertastrasse1.ch\/news\/dignitas-news-en-294\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T18:46:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T16:46:32","slug":"sa-doctor-permitted-to-end-patients-life","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/news\/sa-doctor-permitted-to-end-patients-life\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: doctor permitted to legally assist patient to end his life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">30 April 2015 \/ 25 May 2015<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In a Court Order of 30 April 2015 and subsequent judgment of 4 May 2015, Judge Fabricius of the High Court of South Africa (North Gauteng High Court) ruled that Robert James Stransham-Ford, who was dying of prostate cancer and who had asked the Court to determine whether a doctor could legally assist him to end his life, should be permitted to do so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/stories\/pdf\/entscheid-pretoria-30042015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Court Order of 30 April 2015 <span style=\"color: #333333;\">(PDF)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/stories\/pdf\/entscheid-pretoria-30042015-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judgment of 4 May 2015 <span style=\"color: #333333;\">(PDF)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.classicfm.co.za\/classic-lifestyle\/podcasts\/2015\/may\/25-may\/assisted-suicide\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radio interview with Prof. Sean Davidson of Dignity SA South Africa <span style=\"color: #333333;\">(Link to ClassicFM)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 April 2015 \/ 25 May 2015 In a Court Order of 30 April 2015 and subsequent judgment of 4 May 2015, Judge Fabricius of the High Court of South Africa (North Gauteng High Court) ruled that Robert James Stransham-Ford, who was dying of prostate cancer and who had asked the Court to determine whether [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[643],"class_list":["post-3942","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","tag-south-africa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}