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Kenneth Ralph Book Launch – Conversations with the Author

October 25, 2015 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Free

We are delighted to announce that on Sunday 25 October Kenneth Ralph will be launching his new book Your Final Choice – Hastening Your Death When Terminally Ill at St Michael’s on Collins. 

  • 10am, Dr Macnab will interview Mr Ralph duirng the Sunday Service  
  • Book signing after service in the St Michael’s Hall 
  • 12pm-1pm, Conversation with the author in the Wellbeing Studio, first floor of the St Michael’s Administration Building

Kenneth’s book is a compelling analysis of the options available to terminally ill Australians and invites us to have a decisive say in how the drama of our last days plays out. It is full of stories, anecdotes and the lifelong experience of Ken Ralph, a well-respected family and mental health counsellor located in Geelong. Ken trained in philosophy at Otago, religion at Princeton and psychotherapy in Melbourne.

The book has been highly commended by Professor Rob Moodie, Professor of Public Health University of Melbourne, Dr Leslie Cannold, medical ethicist, author and Humanist of the Year 2011, Dr. Lindy Jeffree, Brisbane Neurosurgeon and Brain Cancer Specialist, Kenneth Davidson, The Age Columnist, Dr Ruth Webber, Sociologist and author and Dr. Roger Hunt, Palliative Care Specialist.

In order to arrange refreshments for this event we ask that if you would like to attend please click here to RSVP call 9654 5120

Details

Date:
October 25, 2015
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Category:

Venue

Wellbeing Studio
120 Collins St
Melbourne, VIC 3000 Australia
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Organizer

St Michael’s Uniting Church
Phone
03 9654 5120