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A Good Death: An Argument for Voluntary Euthanasia
Rodney Syme
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Description for A Good Death: An Argument for Voluntary Euthanasia
Paperback. Offers an account of the many terminally ill people whom the author has assisted to end their lives. This book is a moving journey with those who came to him for help and a meditation on what it means to confront death in our culture. It is also a doctor's personal story about the moral dilemmas and ethical choices. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
A Good Death is Rodney Syme's extraordinarily candid and controversial account of the many terminally ill people who he has assisted to end their lives. Over the last 30 years Syme, at first clandestinely and now publicly, has challenged the law on voluntary euthanasia, risking prosecution in doing so. He again risks prosecution for writing this book. ""A Good Death"" is a moving journey with those who came to Rodney Syme for help and a meditation on what it means to confront death in our culture. It is also a doctor's personal story about the moral dilemmas and ethical choices ... Read more
A Good Death is Rodney Syme's extraordinarily candid and controversial account of the many terminally ill people who he has assisted to end their lives. Over the last 30 years Syme, at first clandestinely and now publicly, has challenged the law on voluntary euthanasia, risking prosecution in doing so. He again risks prosecution for writing this book. ""A Good Death"" is a moving journey with those who came to Rodney Syme for help and a meditation on what it means to confront death in our culture. It is also a doctor's personal story about the moral dilemmas and ethical choices ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Carlton, Australia
ISBN
9780522855036
SKU
V9780522855036
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99-11
About 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. ... Read more
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