Huib Drion

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'''Huib Drion''' ([[The Hague]], 25 April 1917 – [[Leiden]], 20 April 2004) was a Dutch [[Supreme Court of the Netherlands|Supreme Court]] judge and professor of civil law who became famous for proposing a suicide pill, which was later called [[Drion's pill]] after him.

Drion wrote that elderly people who were incurably sick should be able to visit their doctor and receive medication to end their lives. Known in the media as the "Last Wish Pill" or "Drion Pill," the doctor-prescribed drug would be available free of charge to people over the age of 70. Drion also suggested that patients receive a combination of two pills to be ingested in one- or two-day intervals so the patient would have enough time to change his or her mind.

In 1974 he was elected a member of the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/pmknaw/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00000041 |title=Huib Drion (1917–2004) |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |accessdate=20 June 2016}}</ref>

==Publications== * ''Limitation of Liability in International Air Law'' (1954) * ''Het conservatieve hart en andere essays'' (1996) * ''Denken zonder diploma'' (1986) * ''Het zelfgewilde einde van oudere mensen'' (1991) * ''Van, over en met Huib Drion (1917–2004)'' (2005)

== References == {{Reflist}} * [http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/328/7449/1204 British Medical Journal: Huibert Drion]

== External links == * {{in lang|nl}} H. Drion, [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/drio001zelf01_01/ "Het zelfgewilde einde van oude mensen,"] DBNL (Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse letteren). * {{in lang|nl}} H. Drion, [http://retro.nrc.nl/W2/Tegenspraak/Drion/artikeldrion.html "Het zelfgewilde einde van oudere mensen,"] NRC Handelsblad (19 oktober 1991).

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