Angels of Death, 9780522849707
Paperback
Presenting the findings of an interview-based study of illicit euthanasia as practised by health professionals working with HIV/AIDS patients. The author conducted 49 interviews to provide an insight into the social practices that suround illicit assisted sucide and euthanasia.

Angels of Death

Exploring the Euthanasia Underground

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  • Paperback

    344 pages

  • Release Date

    2 February 1998

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Summary

Angels of Death provides a window into the ‘euthanasia underground’-a secret part of medicine and nursing that few professionals will publicly acknowledge.Public discussion of euthanasia and assisted suicide is growing. In Australia as elsewhere the debate is difficult, contentious and confronting, and hampered by the secrecy that necessarily surrounds illegal practice. Most people simply have no way of knowing how, and how often, medically assisted death actually occurs.Roger Magnusson prese…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522849707
ISBN-10:0522849709
Author:Roger S. Magnusson
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Melbourne University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:344
Edition:1st
Release Date:2 February 1998
Weight:452g
Dimensions:232mm x 161mm x 27mm
About The Author

Roger S. Magnusson

Dr Roger S. Magnusson is senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Sydney and co-ordinator of the Faculty’s postgraduate Health Law Program.

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