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Absolutely Revolting
Non-fiction

A Good Death: An argument for voluntary euthanasia

by Jay Daniel Thompson •
September 2008, no. 304

A Good Death: An argument for voluntary euthanasia by Rodney Syme

MUP, $32.95 pb, 301 pp

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In A Good Death, Rodney Syme outlines his case for the legalisation of euthanasia. Drawing on his experience working with seriously ill patients over several decades, Syme (a medical practitioner) advances the controversial argument that ‘physician-assisted death’ is a humane response to ‘intolerable and otherwise unrelievable suffering’.

 


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A Good Death

A Good Death: An argument for voluntary euthanasia by Rodney Syme

MUP, $32.95 pb, 301 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.

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