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The Peaceful Pill Handbook is the leading end-of-life guidebook for seniors and people who are seriously ill (and their friends & family). Dr Philip Nitschke MD, with Lawyer Dr Fiona Stewart, provide readers with easy-to-follow practical information on a diverse range of end of life strategies. Exit's 'Reliability-Peacefulness' Table allows readers to compare various options including: the barbiturates (eg Nembutal) (sources, testing, storage, administration, legals), gases such as Nitrogen and Helium, prescription medicines such as Morphine, Propoxyphene, Amytriptyline, Chloroquine, Insulin etc, as well as the three Swiss services currently available to foreigners. All strategies are ranked according to peacefulness and reliability (and other factors (eg accessibility, legals, safety to others). The book also covers the associated issues of advance health directives, testamentary capacity, death certificates & autopsies. The Peaceful Pill Handbook was first published in 2006. The 2016 edition is the eighth update to this highly informative and easy-to-read book. The online Peaceful Pill eHandbook (available on subscription from the website of the same name) is updated 6x per year.
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Philip Nitschke PhD, MBBS, BSc (Hons) is the Founder & Director of the non-profit advocacy group, Exit International. In 1996, Philip became the first physician in the world to administer a legal, lethal voluntary injection under Australia's short-lived Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 (NT). Four of Philip’s terminally ill patients used this law before it was overturned in March 1997 by the Australian Parliament. Philip is the recipient of many awards including Australian Humanist of the Year and is an eight-time nominee for Australian of the Year. Philip is the co-author of Killing Me Softly: Voluntary Euthanasia and the Road to the Peaceful Pill (with Dr Philip Nitschke) Penguin, Melbourne 2005 and Damned If I Do (with Dr Peter Corris) Melbourne University Press 2013. Philip lives in the Netherlands. Fiona Stewart PhD, MPolLaw, LLB (Hons), BA is a public health sociologist and lawyer. Fiona has a strong track record in social science research receiving grants from the prestigious research grants from the National Health & Medical Research Council and the Australian Research Council. A Postdoctoral Fellowship at Deakin University (Australia) saw her working under renowned sociologist, Professor Bryan S. Turner. During this time, she also consulted to the World Health Organization on multiple projects. After leaving academia in 2000, Fiona worked as a journalist, dot-com founder and publisher. She is the co-author of Internet Communication and Qualitative Research (with Dr Chris Mann) Sage, London 2000, and Killing Me Softly: Voluntary Euthanasia and the Road to the Peaceful Pill (with Dr Philip Nitschke) Penguin, Melbourne 2005. Fiona Stewart lives in the Netherlands.
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- EditoreCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Data di pubblicazione2016
- ISBN 10 1541051157
- ISBN 13 9781541051157
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine366
- Valutazione libreria
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