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A history of the movement to legalise euthanasia/assisted dying in Britain.
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Merciful Release: A History of the British Euthenasia Movement
September 7, 2002, Manchester University Press
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0719061237 9780719061233
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Merciful Release: A History of the British Euthenasia Movement
September 7, 2002, Manchester University Press
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in English
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Book Details
Table of Contents
List of figures and tables
Page vi
Acknowledgments
Page vii
Introduction
Page 1
Chapter 1.
The 'euthanasia' debate of the 1870s: the controversy launched
Page 11
Chapter 2.
'Euthanasia' and the medical profession
Page 34
Chapter 3.
The missing link: discussion of mercy-killing, 1910–30
Page 60
Chapter 4.
The attempt to legalise voluntary euthanasia, 1931–36
Page 83
Chapter 5.
'Euthanasia' and mental defectives: the British euthanasia movement and the impact of the Nazi euthanasia programme 1936–50
Page 117
Chapter 6.
The 1950s: a difficult decade
Page 147
Chapter 7.
The 1960s: quality versus quantity
Page 174
Conclusion and epilogue
Page 204
Select bibliography
Page 227
Index
Page 237
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