Talk:Karen Ann Quinlan

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[edit] Removed

Removed the following broken link. "Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, History page - for a more personal and extensive history (also accessible via the first link)." -- Morgan Leigh 04:29, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

Apparently the target site was redesigned. I've fixed the link location. -- FP ^{<talk><edits>} 08:24, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Girlfriend in a Coma

Is it possible that this incident was inspiration for Douglas Coupland's Girlfriend in a Coma (novel)? The main character Karen goes into a coma after not eating and taking pills at a party with friends in the mid seventies. I can't find any reference to it on the internet.--Twintone 18:34, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes. There are apparently overwhelming parallels between the Karen Ann Quinlan case and Coupland's book. Coupland himself has said, in a 1998 interview, "I just remember in the '70s, every few weeks there would be this one picture of [Quinlan] in all the papers and magazines... it was just this one rhetorical image, and part of me wondered, 'OK, what would it be like to look at the present through that lens?'" -- FirstPrinciples 02:16, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clean up

The book section is incomplete and needs to be edited, also the quality of the article could be greatly improved and perhaps an image could be added if one still exists. I've done minor edits, but don't have the experience or expertise to truly correct the page. -- Tim Thorpe 16:51, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

I have a great colour photograph of Karen. I have emailed her mother twice to get permission to use the image, but never got a reply. I don't really want to harass her and email her repeatedly, but it is a really good picture. I will see if it is permissible under fair use. -- FP ^{(talk)(edits)} 22:43, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

OK, I have added the photograph under the fair use doctrine, and I have cleaned up the books section. -- FP ^{(talk)(edits)} 07:29, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Great work, it looks fantastic. Tim Thorpe 20:11, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Tim :) I have plans to further expand and tidy the article, but it will be a couple of weeks before I can get down to it. Cheers -- FP ^{(talk)(edits)} 23:22, 4 November 2006 (UTC)