Huib Drion (

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...

, 25 April 1917 –

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, 20 April 2004) was a Dutch 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.

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

British Medical Journal: Huibert Drion

External links

* H. Drion
"Het zelfgewilde einde van oude mensen,"
DBNL (Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse letteren). * H. Drion

NRC Handelsblad (19 oktober 1991). 1917 births 2004 deaths Lawyers from The Hague Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Supreme Court of the Netherlands justices {{netherlands-law-bio-stub