A Good Death: An Argument for Voluntary Euthanasia

320 pages. ex-library A Good Death is a candid and provocative account of the experiences of many t erminally ill people Dr Rodney Syme has assisted to end their lives. Over the pa st thirty years Syme has challenged the law on voluntary euthanasia?at first c landestinely and now publicly?risking prosecution in doing so. He again risks prosecution for writing this book.A Good Death is a moving journey with thos e who came to Syme for help, and a meditation on what it means in our culture to confront death. It is also a doctor's personal story about the moral dilemmas a nd ethical choices he faces working within the grey areas of the law.In this important book, Rodney Syme argues for the end of the unofficial 'conspiracy' o f silence within the medical profession and the decriminalisation of voluntary e uthanasia in Australia. Through Syme's determination to tell the stories of thos e who he has assisted to die with dignity, A Good Death also draws wider lessons of value for those who find themselves in a similar situation.…