Title
Techniques to pass on: technology and euthanasia
Document Type
Journal Article
RIS ID
30508
Abstract
Proponents and opponents of euthanasia have argued passionately about whether it should be legalised. In Australia in the mid 1990s, following the world's first legal euthanasia deaths, doctor Philip Nitschke initiated a different approach: a search for do-it-yourself technological means of dying with dignity. The Australian government has opposed this effort, especially through heavy censorship. The citizen efforts led by Nitschke have the potential to move the euthanasia issue from a debate about legalisation to a struggle over technology.
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Publication Details
Martin, B. 2010, 'Techniques to pass on: technology and euthanasia', Bulletin of Science Technology & Society, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 54-59.