About Philip Nitschke
Dr Philip Nitschke PhD, MBBS, BSc (Hons) is a leading authority
on Voluntary Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide. As the first doctor
in the world to administer a legal, lethal, voluntary injection under
the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act of the Northern Territory, Philip
has experienced all sides of the end of life choices debate.
A graduate of Sydney University Medical School, Philip is the
Founder and Director of Australia’s largest VE information and
advocacy organisation, Exit International. His is the co-author with
Dr Fiona Stewart of Killing Me Softly: Voluntary Euthanasia and
the Road to the Peaceful Pill (Penguin 2005).
In 1997, Philip was awarded the Rainier Foundation Humanitar-
ian Award and was Australian Northern Territorian of the Year. In
1998, Philip was Australian Humanist of the Year and New Zealand
Humanist of the year in 2001.
About Fiona Stewart
Dr Fiona Stewart PhD, MPolLaw, GradDip PubPol, BA is a public
health sociologist. As an academic, Fiona has been the recipient of
research grants from the Australian Research Council, the National
Health and Medical Research Council, the Rotary Health Research
Fund and the World Health Organisation. Since 2004, Fiona has
been Executive Director of Exit International. Fiona was born in
Melbourne and now lives in Darwin.
Fiona Stewart & Philip Nitschke
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