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Geronticide: Killing the Elderly

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Geronticide: Killing the Elderly - Brogden, Mike
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Drawing on a variety of historical, contemporary, anthropological and literary sources, this book considers the present day debates about the sanctity of elderly lives and the question of euthanasia. The book shows that killing the elderly, voluntarily or involuntarily, has been a feature of many societies, from the primitive to the present day.

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Geronticide: Killing the Elderly 2001, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London

ISBN-13: 9781853027093

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