The Peaceful Pill Handbook is a controversial book giving instructions on how to perform euthanasia. It was published in the U.S. in 2006 and was written by the Australian doctors Philip Nitschke and Fiona Stewart.
The book describes legal and moral aspects of suicide and euthanasia and provides how-to instructions for several suicide methods. The primary focus of the book is on peaceful (non-violent and painless) suicide methods that can be used by seriously ill and elderly people. To distinguish between suitable and non-suitable methods, Dr. Nitschke introduces the RP (Reliability-Peacefulness) rating. One of the recommended suicide methods involves drinking pentobarbital, a drug that Mexican veterinary drug stores sell (illegally) without prescription.[1]
The book was initially banned in Australia and New Zealand since it was deemed to be objectionable.[2] At the same time, the book was freely sold in other countries, in particular by Amazon.com in the US. Since May 2008 it has been allowed for sale in New Zealand if sealed and an indication of the censorship classification was displayed.[3] To circumvent the continuing import ban in Australia, an online for-pay ebook edition was launched in October 2008.[4] The more expensive online edition includes videos and other material, not available with the printed book. The Australian government included the handbook website in its proposed internet filtering plan in 2009.[5] (See Internet censorship in Australia).
Nitschke was involved in an argument in the press with the family of a woman suffering from post-natal depression who read the book and took the advice offered about travelling to Mexico. Her drawn-out death caused her family to attack the accuracy of the book's advice.[6] Nitschke responded by saying that there was no way of knowing which drugs the woman actually took and whether the drugs were still potent.
Because there are problems with the "Mexican option" (high cost of travel, high crime rate in Mexico, unreliability of drug availability, counterfeit or expired Nembutal), Nitschke announced, in December 2008, that he now supported the use of a do-it-yourself euthanasia device that relied only on easily available items.[7] Later in 2009 he announced the availability of a testing kit to help people determine if the Nembutal they had bought was still potent.
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评分很易懂可靠的guide,国外真是思想多元化,很自由
评分很易懂可靠的guide,国外真是思想多元化,很自由
评分很易懂可靠的guide,国外真是思想多元化,很自由
评分这本书是讲各种自杀方法的,可以在 libgen 上下载。本来写了一个短评,总结了一下我读这本书之前所理解的最佳方法,表示和书里最终推荐的方法完全不搭界。结果今天收到邮件表示短评违法,被删除了。
评分在suicide/euthanasia method领域杰出的书。但愿我不会到用上的一天。
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