Directory of Nitschke, Philip Resources

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Dr. Philip Nitschke assisted the deaths of four people in 1996 under the now-overturned Northern Territory voluntary euthanasia law. He is founder and director of EXIT (Australia) and runs workshops around the country advising terminally ill individuals about hastened dying.

Resources in This Category

• San Diego Union-Tribune -- "Hemlock Society convention starts on notes of controversy"

  http://legacy.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/metro/20030111-9999_1m11death.html
  Article about Nitschke's failed attempt to take devices that hasten death out of Australia.

• Sydney Morning Herald - "A practical guide to suicide"

  http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/12/01/1038712831147.html
  An article about Nitschke's "euthanasia workshops" and the people who attend them.

• Sydney Morning Herald - "Dicing with death"

  http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/12/19/1040174343273.html
  An article about Nitschke and his workshops.

• The Age - "Nitschke regrets, as Crick farewelled"

  http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/05/29/1022569792839.html
  Article about Nitschke and Nancy Crick, from The Age (Australian newspaper).

• The Guardian: Euthanasia Ship to Set Sail For UK

  http://www.theguardian.com/society/2001/jun/19/health
  An article about Nitschke's plans to purchase a Dutch boat, moor it off the coast of the United Kingdom, and hasten deaths on board.

 

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