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AUTO-EUTHANASIA [1 record]

Record 1 1988-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

Ending one's own life in order to end suffering.

CONT

But as the progress toward legislation will be slow, a matter of years even decades, the publication of a practical guide to "auto-euthanasia" will, we hope, bring peace of mind to many who would otherwise despair.

CONT

Arthur Koesther, the world famous writer and philosopher, joined the Voluntary Euthanasia Society in 1969. He became a Vice-President in 1981, and wrote the Preface to the Guide to Self-Deliverance ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
DEF

Terminer sa propre vie pour abréger les souffrances.

CONT

Par ailleurs, le motif économique, dans sa dimension de survie de la collectivité, a justifié et justifie encore (...) la gérontocide ou l'auto-euthanasie des vieillards chez les nomades et les semi-nomades soumis aux aléas de la "nature".

CONT

l'auto-délivrance. Le mot dit bien ce qu'il veut dire : se délivrer soi-même, délibérément, d'une vie qui apparaît, désormais, insupportable, ou inutile, ou simplement parvenue à son terme.

Spanish

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