Philip Nitschke
Philip Haig Nitschke (born 8 August 1947) is an Australian humanist, writer and former medical doctor. He is the founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International. He supported and campaigned for legal euthanasia in the Northern Territory. There, he assisted four people ending their lives while it was legal. Later, the Government of Australia made it against the law again. He is the author of the books Killing Me Softly: Voluntary Euthanasia and the Road to the Peaceful Pill (2005) and The Peaceful Pill Handbook (2006). He has been called" Dr Death" by the media.
Nitschke was born in Ardrossan, South Australia. He lives in the Netherlands.
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Exit International
1947 births
Living people
Australian activists
Australian medical doctors
Australian writers
Euthanasia activists
Humanists
People from South Australia