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An Act of Mercy; Euthanasia Today
by Richard Trubo
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0840212917
- ISBN 13
- 9780840212917
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles, CA: Nash Publishing, 1973 Nash Publishing, Los Angeles, CA. 1973. Hardcover. Stated First Printing. Retired small college library copy. Book is tight, square, but does have underlining and stamps front pastedown and copyright page. Book Condition: Very Good; light head, tail, and tip wear; check-out pocket in rear; index label on spine. No DJ. Black cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 172 pp 8vo. Biomedical and technical advances in medicine are prolonging lives and have eliminated the diseases that killed people in the 1900s but they are also prolonging death by withholding a natural death. Euthanasia is often seen as the more humane alternative in many medical cases. A clean presentable copy for study/research.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008682
- Title
- An Act of Mercy; Euthanasia Today
- Author
- Richard Trubo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0840212917
- ISBN 13
- 9780840212917
- Publisher
- Nash Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles, CA
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- medicine, medical miracles, pharmacology, surgery, medical technology, death, natural death, euthanasia, Dr. Kevorkian, religion, right to die, advanced directives, terminal care, nursing homes, long term care homes, suicide, medically assisted suicide
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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