Editing Philip Nitschke (section)

==Early life and education==
Nitschke was born in 1947 in [[Ardrossan, South Australia]], the son of school teachers Harold and Gweneth (Gwen) Nitschke.<ref name="parents">{{cite web |title=Philip Nitschke Independent for Menzies |url=https://exitinternational.net/docs/letterbox2c.pdf |publisher=Exit International |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105094246/https://exitinternational.net/docs/letterbox2c.pdf |archive-date=5 January 2019 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Nitschke studied [[physics]] at the [[University of Adelaide]],<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/10Commandments/dr-death-australian-doctor-philip-nitschke-teaches-suicide/story?id=8704582 'Dr. Death' Breaks Down Techniques for Suicide ]</ref> gaining a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] from [[Flinders University]]<ref name ="autobiography"/> in [[laser]] physics in 1972.<ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-24/euthanasia-campaigner-philip-nitschke-still-fighting-old-foes/5620082 Dr Philip Nitschke, voluntary euthanasia's most vocal supporter, still fighting old foes]</ref>

Rejecting a career in the sciences, he instead travelled to the [[Northern Territory]] to take up work with the [[Aboriginal land rights]] activist [[Vincent Lingiari]] and the [[Gurindji people|Gurindji]] at [[Gurindji strike|Wave Hill]]. After the hand-back of land by the prime minister, [[Gough Whitlam]], Nitschke became a [[Northern Territory]] Parks and Wildlife ranger. However, after badly injuring his [[subtalar joint]], which effectively finished his career as a ranger, he began studying for a medical degree. In addition to having long been interested in studying medicine he has suffered from [[Hypochondriasis|hypochondria]] most of his adult life and futilely hoped with his medical studies to educate himself out of the problem.<ref name ="autobiography">{{cite news |title=Between life and death |date=31 August 2013 |url=http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/between-life-and-death-20130826-2skl0.html |work=[[The Age]] |access-date=7 November 2013 |location=Melbourne |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415190250/https://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/between-life-and-death-20130826-2skl0.html |archive-date=15 April 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

He graduated from the [[University of Sydney]] Medical School in 1989.<ref name="unisydney"/>