Rachel Hurst
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Dr. Rachel Mary Rosalind Hurst, CBE
is the Director of Disability Awareness in Action (DAA), an international information/research/evidence network, run for and by disabled people.
Dr. Hurst has worked with disabled people's organisations, policy-makers, governments and the UN for over thirty years on independent living, rights and justice and bioethics.
, a sufferer of extreme motor neurone disease
, who had unsuccessfully fought for a right for assisted death, Hurst said that it would be very wrong for justice to say in certain circumstances people can die ... [I]t would be a slippery slope and many people who did not want to die could be affected.
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
is the Director of Disability Awareness in Action (DAA), an international information/research/evidence network, run for and by disabled people.
Founding
The DAA was established to:- Provide a network for the exchange of information and experience between disabled people and their representative organisations’ worldwide.
- Support disabled people’s self-advocacy
- Promote and protect disabled people’s human and civil rights
Dr. Hurst has worked with disabled people's organisations, policy-makers, governments and the UN for over thirty years on independent living, rights and justice and bioethics.
Diane Pretty's death
Following the death of Diane PrettyDiane Pretty
Diane Pretty was a British woman from Luton who became notable after being the focus of a debate about the laws of euthanasia in United Kingdom during the early part of the 21st century...
, a sufferer of extreme motor neurone disease
Motor neurone disease
The motor neurone diseases are a group of neurological disorders that selectively affect motor neurones, the cells that control voluntary muscle activity including speaking, walking, breathing, swallowing and general movement of the body. They are generally progressive in nature, and can cause...
, who had unsuccessfully fought for a right for assisted death, Hurst said that it would be very wrong for justice to say in certain circumstances people can die ... [I]t would be a slippery slope and many people who did not want to die could be affected.