SAVES is not affiliated with Exit International / Dr Philip Nitschke and opposes the public availability of a 'peaceful pill'.

Handbook of the South Australian Voluntary Euthanasia Society (SAVES)

THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE: THE CASE FOR LEGALISING VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA

• Kennedy, Ludovic. 1990. Euthanasia: The Good Death. Chatto and Windus. London. A distinguished writer and broadcaster outlines the case for voluntary euthanasia.
• Institute of Medical Ethics Working Party on the Ethics of Prolonging Life and Assisting Death. 1990. Assisted death. Lancet;336:610-3. A consideration of the circumstances in which a doctor is ethically justified in assisting death.
• Otlowski, Margaret. 1992. Active Voluntary Euthanasia - A Timely Reappraisal. University of Tasmania Law School. Hobart. Examines the legal situation in Australia and assesses evidence for reconsidering the legal prohibition on active voluntary euthanasia.
• Royal Australasian College of Physicians. 1993. Voluntary Euthanasia. Issues Involved in the Case For and Against. R.A.C.P., Sydney. A concise, but comprehensive and balanced discussion document compiled for the Fellows of the RACP.
• Kuhse, Helga. 1994. Background Briefing: Euthanasia. Bioethics News;11,4:40-48. A clear overview by a leading ethicist.
• Kuhse, Helga (Ed). 1994. Willing to Listen - Wanting to Die. Penguin Books, Victoria. Accounts of personal experiences; articles by health care professionals, ethicists and philosophers; and a useful reading list.
• McKie, John (Ed). 1994. Active Voluntary Euthanasia: The Current Issues. Monash University Centre for Human Bioethics, Melbourne. Eleven conference papers covering major issues in the debate.
• Singer, Peter. 1994. Rethinking Life and Death. The Text Publishing Co., Melbourne. A fresh and controversial view of issues in medical ethics, including the definition of death; abortion; euthanasia; and the rights of non-human animals.
• Hunt, Ian and Burns, Lynda (Eds). 1996. The Quality of Death. Euthanasia in Australia. Centre for Applied Philosophy, Flinders University, Adelaide. A collection of essays on euthanasia in the Australian context.

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