Stories
- Article
The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
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The ‘undesirable epileptic’
Abused in her marriage for being 'a sick woman', Aparna Nair looked to history to make sense of the response to her epilepsy. She discovered how centuries of fear and discrimination were often endorsed by science and legislation.
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Intertwined with air
Siwakorn Odochao details his people’s way of perceiving trees and humans as intimately connected, and draws on the air as the element that weaves between them. Through the co-dependency of humans and trees to prepare the air for each other, he elaborates on the relationship between air, health and environment.
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Dying to be in nature
The modern funeral business is one that uses up precious resources and pollutes the planet. But you can make sure it’s only your memory that leaves its mark with these new and natural ways to leave this earth.
Catalogue
- Journals
The Right to die : the newsletter of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society.
- Archives and manuscripts
Voluntary Euthanasia Society Newsletters, 1990 – 1993 and information sheets; Declaration sheet for Right to Die; Newspaper articles from The Times, The Independent, The Telegraph and The Guardian concerning euthanasia; BMA paper on Advanced Directives; information on Huntington's Chorea, dementia and persistent vegetative state (PVS); Hastings Center report on PVS
Date: 1990-1993Reference: PP/CMF/E/1Part of: Fletcher, Charles Montague (1911-1995), epidemiologist
- Pictures
- Online
A face drawn in black lines with yellow highlights against a striped grey square background with upside down text at the top bearing the message in French: "It is easy to die" and the right way up at the bottom: "It may be difficult to live"; an advertisement for AIDS prevention by L'Alexandra. Colour lithograph by Gilbert Theillin.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 672626i- Books
The right to die debate : a documentary history / edited by Marjorie B. Zucker.
Date: 1999- Books
The right to die with dignity : an argument in ethics, medicine, and law / Raphael Cohen-Almagor.
Cohen-Almagor, Raphael.Date: [2001], ©2001