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Author Kevorkian, Jack.

Title Prescription--medicide : the goodness of planned death / Jack Kevorkian.

Publication Info. Buffalo, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1991.

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  174.2 K51    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  179 KEVORKIAN, JACK    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  174.2 K51    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  179.7 K41P    Check Shelf
Description 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Retribution on the 13th of July -- What really happened? -- Rebirth of an idea -- Sentenced to what kind of death? -- Execution par excellence -- Bad news from Sacramento -- Voices from death row -- Some "circus trick"! -- The hypocritic oafs -- Nothing new under the sun -- Stone-age ethics for space-age medicine -- The lynching of morality -- Killing in the shadowy valley -- The quality of mercy unstrained -- The birth of medicide -- Prognosis: Medicide: Positive or negative? -- Completing the medical spectrum.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-251) and index.
Subject Euthanasia.
Right to die.
Suicide.
Executions and executioners.
Organ donors.
Ethics, Medical -- Popular Works.
Euthanasia -- Popular Works.
Right to Die -- Popular Works.
ISBN 0879756772 89879756772 (cloth : alk. paper) : $18.95
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