Introduction / Helga Kuhse -- Pt. 1. Wanting to die: The note / Chris Hill -- Some thoughts on the life and death of Chris Hill / George Quittner -- Chris Hill - a salute / Dick Smith -- Anniversary / Anonymous -- There has to be a more humane way / Anonymous -- Death without dignity / Anonymous -- New Year's Eve / Mary Mortimer -- Claiming the right to die / Mollie Collins -- My mummy's dying / Steve J. Spears -- Death by choice / Janine Hosking -- Pt. 2. Willing to listen: Terminal care in nursing homes / Sue Harper -- Palliative care - the rhetoric-reality gap / Roger Hunt -- The case of Miss T / Paul Komesaroff -- From innocent to advocate: a doctor's path to voluntary euthanasia / Rodney Syme -- Withdrawing ventilation at a patient's request / Nicholas Tonti-Filippini -- At the bedside / Kenneth Ralph -- Pt. 3. Assuming responsibility : A good death / Max Charlesworth -- The cacothanasia of Uncle Albert / Terry Lane -- Listening and helping to die: the Dutch way / Pieter Admiraal -- Accepting responsibility: dying in Australia and the Netherlands / Helga Kuhse