A Good Death
An Argument For Voluntary Euthanasia
$66.92
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2008
Summary
Rodney Syme’s candid and controversial account of the terminally ill people who he has assisted to end their lives.A Good Death is a candid and provocative account of the experiences of many terminally ill people Dr Rodney Syme has assisted to end their lives. Over the past thirty years Syme has challenged the law on voluntary euthanasia-at first clandestinely and now publicly-risking prosecution in doing so. He again risks prosecution for writing this book.A Good Death is a moving journey wi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522855036 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522855032 |
| Author: | Rodney Syme |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2008 |
| Weight: | 431g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 162mm x 19mm |
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About The Author
Rodney Syme
Rodney Syme has been in medical practice for forty-five years, primarily as a urological surgeon. He was Chair of the Victorian Section of the Urological Society of Australasia in 1990-92, and chair of the Urology Study Group of the Cancer Council of Victoria in 1992-94. He has had extensive experience with cancer patients and with people with severe spinal injuries. He has been an advocate for physician-assisted dying for nearly twenty years, and the President of the Dying With Dignity Victoria for ten years.
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