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One of the most significant & controversial issues of our time is voluntary euthanasia: do we have the right, when dying with unbearable suffering, to ask a physician for assistance in suicide? At present such an action is against the law in all Western societies except the Netherlands, where it is permitted though not actually legalized. Robert L. Risley is a Los Angeles lawyer who was principal author of the Death With Dignity Act which, when passed, will permit lawful physician aid-in-dying. In this book, Mr. Risley explains the background to the new law, why it is necessary, & tackles the critics who claim that is a slippery slope back to conduct similar to Nazi Germany. The entire Death With Dignity Act is an appendix.Risley, Robert L. is the author of 'Humane & Dignified Death A New Law Permitting Physician Physician Aid-In-Dying' with ISBN 9780960603084 and ISBN 0960603085.
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