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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Derek Humphry |
| ISBN: | 0960603034 9780960603039 |
| OCLC Number: | 23527226 |
| Description: | 192 p. (large print) ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Responsibility: | Derek Humphry. |
Abstract:
Gives guidance to those supporting the option of suicide or assisted suicide when terminally ill.
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