- Paperback: 268 pages
- Publisher: Prometheus Books UK; New edition edition (19 Oct 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0879758724
- ISBN-13: 978-0879758721
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.8 x 1.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,407,378 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Examines the ethics of euthanasia, and discusses capital punishment, organ donation, and the Hippocratic oath.
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3.8 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews)
31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
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a commonsensical discussion of important issues, 30 Nov 1999
By Al Kihano - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Prescription: Medicide - The Goodness of Planned Death (Paperback)
``Dr. Death'' got his start with campaigns to allow death row inmates to donate their organs (currently organ donation is impossible). If you take a heart, a liver, two kidneys, two corneas, and bone marrow from a willing donor with a known execution date, and you can save quite a few lives with his death.It's common-sense arguments like these, not grisly death-obsession, that makes this book worth reading. I expect that some readers will find the sections on euthanasia distasteful, but the subject is handled carefully and smartly.
For all his faults, Kevorkian is a strong and articulate voice who is too often written off automatically as a crank and a murderer. Read this book in order to balance your perspective, then judge him if you wish.
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Dr. Jack autographed it for me!, 30 Nov 1998
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Prescription: Medicide - The Goodness of Planned Death (Hardcover)
I purchased this book here from Amazon and after reading it I sent it, along with a nice letter in support of Kevorkian to him. Within 2 weeks he personally signed and returned my book to me. I enjoyed this book. It explains how and why he got into assisted suicide.
If you are against what Dr. Jack does, be open minded and read this book. He is not a weird old man, he is a humanitarian. He makes no salary, and does this because he doesn't want people to suffer.
You will enjoy this book... I couldn't put it down.
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Eye Opener, 9 Jun 2001
By "bacteriaphage" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Prescription: Medicide - The Goodness of Planned Death (Paperback)
This book is not only an eye opener but it also expresses Kevorkian frustration with the governments control over medicine. It's kind of nice to see that old people have issues they like to fight for as well. At one point talks of his quest to encourage the government to allow peoplle on death row to donate their bodies to science but the government. Kevorkian is a good man and it saddens me to think what the media has done to him.
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