| Description |
xxviii, 220 pages ; 20 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 the Severely Handicapped -- Self-Starvation and Dehydration -- The Will to Die and "Miracle Cures" -- Who Shall Know? -- Life Insurance -- After the Self-Deliverance -- A Private Matter? -- Psychological Support for the Dying -- Letters to Be Written -- Going Together? -- When Is the Time to Die? -- How Do You Get the "Magic Pills"? -- Storing Drugs -- Death in the Family Car -- Self-Deliverance Using a Plastic Bag -- A Speedier Way: Inert Gases -- The Checklist -- The Final Act -- The Risky Drugs -- Physician- and Non-Physician-Assisted Suicide -- Oregon's Death with Dignity Act -- Current Laws on Voluntary Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide -- A Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care -- Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO!) |
| Notes |
2010 update of 3rd ed |
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"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Carol Publishing in 1991. Subsequent editions were published in paperback by Dell, a division of Random House, Inc., in 1996 and 2002."--T.p. verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-210) and index |
| Subject |
Assisted suicide.
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Suicide.
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Euthanasia.
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Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary.
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Right to Die.
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Suicide, Assisted.
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| ISBN |
9780385336536 (paperback) |
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0385336535 (paperback) |
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