A Good Death by Rodney Syme - ISBN: 9780522855036
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.

A Good Death

An Argument For Voluntary Euthanasia

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    1 May 2008

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Summary

Rodney Syme’s candid and controversial account of the terminally ill people who he has assisted to end their lives.A Good Death is a candid and provocative account of the experiences of many terminally ill people Dr Rodney Syme has assisted to end their lives. Over the past thirty years Syme has challenged the law on voluntary euthanasia-at first clandestinely and now publicly-risking prosecution in doing so. He again risks prosecution for writing this book.A Good Death is a moving journey wi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522855036
ISBN-10:0522855032
Author:Rodney Syme
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Melbourne University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Edition:1st
Release Date:1 May 2008
Weight:431g
Dimensions:235mm x 162mm x 19mm
About The Author

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. He has been an advocate for physician-assisted dying for nearly twenty years, and the President of the Dying With Dignity Victoria for ten years.

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