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JOSEPH and JULIA QUINLAN
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It has been twenty years since the New Jersey State Supreme Court issued its landmark decision on March 31, 1976, allowing their comatose daughter to be removed from a ventilator.
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She lived nine more years after the decision.
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The Quinlans wrote a book titled "Karen Ann: The Quinlans Tell Their Story" published in 1977.
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In 1980, the Quinlans opened the Karen Ann Quinlan Center of Hope Hospice in Newton, New Jersey, using proceeds from the book.
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JOSEPH and JULIA QUINLAN. They are the parents of Karen Ann Quinlan. It's been twenty years since the New Jersey State Supreme Court issued it's landmark decision (March 31, 1976) allowing their comatose daughter to be removed from a ventilator. She then lived nine more years. The Quinlans wrote about Karen in the book "Karen Ann: The Quinlans Tell Their Story," (Doubleday-1977). In 1980 they used the proceeds from the book to open the Karen Ann Quinlan Center of Hope Hospice in Newton, New Jersey. (201)383-0115 (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE
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