What is Karen Ann Quinlan?
{{Infobox person | name = Karen Ann Quinlan | caption = Karen Ann Quinlan in 1972, prior to her brain injury | birth_date = {{birth date|1954|3|29|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]], [[U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1985|6|11|1954|3|29|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Morris Township, New Jersey]], U.S. }} '''Karen Ann Quinlan''' (March 29, 1954 – June 11, 1985) was an important figure in a [[right to die]] [[controversy]] in the [[United States]]. She went unconscious after arriving home from a party. She had overdosed on [[Valium]] and [[alcohol]]. Whether or not she had drugs inside her system is under [[controversy]]. She later went into a [[persistent vegetative state]] and was in that condition for ten years. She was removed from ventilation in 1976 but did not die until June 1985, when she had [[pneumonia]]. Quinlan was born in [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]] in 1954. She died in [[New Jersey]]. ==Related pages== * [[Right to die]] * [[Coma]] ==Further reading== *{{cite web|last=Sabatino|first=Charles P.|title=Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning: Legal and Policy Issues|url=http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2007/adacplpi.htm|publisher=[[American Bar Association]] Commission on Law and Aging|accessdate=1 October 2007|archive-date=2008-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916023544/http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2007/adacplpi.htm|url-status=dead}} ==Other websites== *{{Find a Grave|6497327}} {{Authority control}} {{us-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Quinlan, Karen Ann}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:1985 deaths]] [[Category:American adoptees]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in New Jersey]] [[Category:People from Scranton, Pennsylvania]]