The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die Engelhart Katie
The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die Engelhart Katie A riveting, incisive, and wide-ranging book about the Right to Die movement, and the doctors, patients, and activists at the heart of…
Specifikacia The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die Engelhart Katie
The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die Engelhart Katie
A riveting, incisive, and wide-ranging book about the Right to Die movement, and the doctors, patients, and activists at the heart of this increasingly urgent issue.More states and countries are passing right-to-die laws that allow the sick and suffering to end their lives at pre-planned moments, with the help of physicians. The Inevitable moves beyond margins of the law to the people who are meticulously planning their final hours--far from medical offices, legislative chambers, hospital ethics committees, and polite conversation. But even where these laws exist, they leave many people behind.
It also shines a light on the people who help them: loved ones and, sometimes, clandestine groups on the Internet that together form the "euthanasia underground."Katie Engelhart, a veteran journalist, focuses on six people representing different aspects of the right