Limit search to available items
Book Cover
Book
Author Syme, Rodney.

Title A good death : an argument for voluntary euthanasia / Rodney Syme
Published Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Publishing, 2008

Copies

Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB  179.7 Sym/Gda  AVAILABLE
Description xviii, 301 pages ; 24 cm
regular print
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1.Epiphany -- 2.The Journey Begins -- 3.Defining the Problem -- 4.A Naive Death -- 5.A Hot Potato -- 6.Crossing the Line -- 7.Prolonging Life -- 8.The Nature of Suffering -- 9.Terminal Sedation -- 10.Respecting Choice -- 11.A Difficult Situation -- 12.A Reportable Death? -- 13.Is This the Best We Can Do? -- 14.Provoking the Coroner -- 15.Fear of the Future -- 16.A Good Death: Jim Dies in His Own Bed -- 17.The Suffering Mind -- 18.Regaining Control -- 19.Steve Guest: A Death Not in Vain -- 20.Dying with Dignity
Summary "A Good Death is Rodney Syme's compassionate and candid account of the many terminally ill people who he has assisted to end their lives."--Backcover
Analysis Sociology: death & suicide (Australia)
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 284-293
Subject Assisted suicide.
Euthanasia.
Medical ethics.
Physician and patient.
Right to die.
Euthanasia.
Ethics, Medical.
Physician-Patient Relations -- ethics.
Right to Die -- ethics.
Suicide, Assisted -- ethics.
SUBJECT Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315
Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315
Genre/Form Personal Narrative.
Personal narratives.
Author Goodale, Pamela.
ISBN 9780522855036 (paperback)
Other Titles Argument for voluntary euthanasia