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Lawful exit : the limits of freedom for help in dying / Derek Humphry.

Title
Lawful exit : the limits of freedom for help in dying / Derek Humphry.
Author
Humphry, Derek, 1930-
Publication
Junction City, OR, USA : Norris Lane Press ; Sarasota, FL : Distributed by BookWorld Services, 1993.

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  • Dr. Joseph R. Stanton Human Life Issues Library and Resource Center former owner. sch
  • Value of Life Committee former owner. sch
Description
166 pages
Summary
'Lawful Exit' analyzes why the attempts to reform the law on euthanasia in Washington and California states have failed. This book points a new direction for legal, medical assisted dying for the terminally ill, emphasizing ethical and practical guidelines to prevent abuse.
Subject
  • Hemlock (Society)
  • Right to Life Movement
  • Initiative 119
  • Proposition 161
  • Assisted suicide
  • Right to die
  • Suicide
  • Euthanasia
  • Euthanasia > Law and legislation
  • Aide au suicide
  • Droit à la mort
  • Suicide
  • Euthanasie
  • suicides
  • Right to Die
  • Suicide, Assisted
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-164).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Glossary of terms -- Introduction -- Time to change -- Step by firm step -- Birth of a law -- Ways to change the law -- Do it yourself? -- Doublespeak -- Divide and rule? -- Doctors who approve -- Lessons from three campaigns -- How to improve the law -- A uniform model Death With Dignity Act -- Proposition 161 results -- Eleven doctors accused in the USA -- Organizations for changing the law.
ISBN
  • 9780963728005
  • 0963728008
LCCN
93092721
OCLC
  • 28656593
  • SCSB-9940694
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library