Final exit: the practicalities of self-deliverance and assisted suicide for the dying

The most difficult decision -- Shopping for the right doctor -- Beware of the law -- The hospice option -- The cyanide enigma -- Death-Hollywood style? -- Bizarre ways to die -- The dilemma of quadriplegics -- Self starvation -- The will to die and 'miracle cures' -- Storing drugs -- Who s...

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1. VerfasserIn: Humphry, Derek 1930- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Eugene, Or. Hemlock Society 1991
In:Jahr: 1991
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:A Hemlock hardback
weitere Schlagwörter:B Assisted Suicide
B Right to die
B Assisted suicide
B Suicide
B Euthanasia
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Zusammenfassung:The most difficult decision -- Shopping for the right doctor -- Beware of the law -- The hospice option -- The cyanide enigma -- Death-Hollywood style? -- Bizarre ways to die -- The dilemma of quadriplegics -- Self starvation -- The will to die and 'miracle cures' -- Storing drugs -- Who shall know? -- Insurance -- Will there be an autopsy? -- A private affair? -- Support groups for the dying -- Letters to be written -- How do you get the magic pills? -- Self-deliverance via the plastic bag -- Going together? -- When is the time to die -- The final act -- A check list -- Drug dosage table -- Justifiable euthanasia -- A doctor's suicide machine -- Euthanasia by physicians -- Nurses on the frontline -- Methods reviewed -- Bibliographical notes -- Recommended further reading -- The death with dignity act
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-176) and index
ISBN:0960603034