Merciful Release
Subtitle: A History of the British Euthenasia Movement
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: September 7, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780719061240
Subjects: 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Medical / Nursing; Textbooks; History: World; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Ethics; History; History / Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; Euthanasia; Great Britain; Terminal Care
Table of contents: title: List of figures and tables
pagenum: vi; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: vii; title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter 1
pagenum: 11
title: The 'euthanasia' debate of the 1870s: the controversy launched; label: Chapter 2
pagenum: 34
title: 'Euthanasia' and the medical profession; label: Chapter 3
pagenum: 60
title: The missing link: discussion of mercy-killing, 1910–30; label: Chapter 4
pagenum: 83
title: The attempt to legalise voluntary euthanasia, 1931–36; label: Chapter 5
pagenum: 117
title: 'Euthanasia' and mental defectives: the British euthanasia movement and the impact of the Nazi euthanasia programme 1936–50; label: Chapter 6
pagenum: 147
title: The 1950s: a difficult decade; label: Chapter 7
pagenum: 174
title: The 1960s: quality versus quantity; title: Conclusion and epilogue
pagenum: 204; title: Select bibliography
pagenum: 227; title: Index
pagenum: 237