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Author Nitschke, Philip Haig, author

Title Damned if I do / Philip Nitschke with Peter Corris
Published Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2013
Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2013
©2013

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Description 237 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm
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
Nitschke, Philip
Euthanasia
Members
Northern Territory
Bills
Legislation
Autobiography
Australia overseas comparisons
Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 (NT)
Australian
Biography & autobiography (Australia)
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-
Nitschke, Philip Haig, author
Nitschke, Philip Haig
Nitschke, Philip.
Social reformers -- Australia -- Biography.
Physicists -- Biography.
Physicians -- Australia -- Biography.
Euthanasia -- Australia.
Right to die -- Australia.
Right to Die.
Physicians.
Euthanasia.
Australia.
Australia.
Genre/Form Autobiography.
Biography.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Author Corris, Peter, author
ISBN 9780522861419 (paperback)
0522861415