| Description |
237 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
pt. 1. -- 1. A good idea -- 2. Country boy -- 3. In Adelaide - stormy weather -- 3. Aiming higher - direction uncertain -- 4. Wave hill -- 6. Melbourne, women and the outback again -- 7. Medicine in the big city -- 8. The top end -- pt. 2. -- 9. First in the world -- 10. The overturn -- 11. Moving on -- 12. The courage of Caren Jenning -- 13. Adversaries and allies -- 14. My life with the media -- 15. Censorship -- 16. Going global -- 17. Time out -- 18. Day by day -- 19 . Looking ahead |
| Summary |
This is the revealing, personal story of the man behind the controversial pro-euthanasia movement, told in his own words. Medical doctor, humanist, author and founder/director of Exit International, Philip Nitschke's life has always been in the spotlight |
| Analysis |
Right to die |
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Nitschke, Philip |
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Euthanasia |
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Members |
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Northern Territory |
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Bills |
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Legislation |
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Autobiography |
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Australia overseas comparisons |
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Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 (NT) |
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Australian |
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Biography & autobiography (Australia) |
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Sociology: death & suicide (Australia) |
| Notes |
Also available as an Overdrive eBook |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-224) and index |
| Audience |
Tertiary/Undergraduate, General |
| Subject |
Nitschke, Philip Haig, 1947-
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Nitschke, Philip Haig, author
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Nitschke, Philip Haig
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Nitschke, Philip.
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Social reformers -- Australia -- Biography.
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Physicists -- Biography.
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Physicians -- Australia -- Biography.
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Euthanasia -- Australia.
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Right to die -- Australia.
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Right to Die.
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Physicians.
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Euthanasia.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
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Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
| Genre/Form |
Autobiography.
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Biography.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Author |
Corris, Peter, author
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| ISBN |
9780522861419 (paperback) |
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0522861415 |
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