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. But even where these laws exist, they leave many peo...
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. But even where these laws exist, they leave many people behind. 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. 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 to die debate. Two are doctors: a California physician who runs a boutique assisted death clinic and has written more lethal prescriptions than anyone else in the U.S.; an Australian named Philip Nitschke who lost his medical license for teaching people how to end their lives painlessly and peacefully at “DIY Death” workshops. The other four chapters belong to people who said they wanted to die because they were suffering unbearably―of old age, chronic illness, dementia, and mental anguish―and saw suicide as their only option.
Spanning North America, Europe, and Australia, The Inevitable offers a deeply reported and fearless look at a morally tangled subject. It introduces readers to ordinary people who are fighting to find dignity and authenticity in the final hours of their lives.
The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die的创作者
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Katie Engelhart is a journalist and documentary film producer based in New York City, and a National Fellow at New America. She has worked as a correspondent for VICE News, in London, and NBC News, in New York. Her writing has appeared far and wide. Formerly, she was a graduate student of history and philosophy at Oxford University. The Inevitable is her first book.
Judges would forgive men who killed their wives because "the men acted out of mercy." But the law forbids doctors to euthanize people who are suffering.
Absolutely a wonderful book.
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2 有用 Stof_Schaduw 2022-08-10 21:25:58
Judges would forgive men who killed their wives because "the men acted out of mercy." But the law forbids doctors to euthanize people who are suffering. Absolutely a wonderful book.
0 有用 以欧 2024-11-23 05:28:46 新西兰
深入调研了美国几个支持安乐死州的政策、执行、医患和家属。案例写作非常扎实，更新了我很多对于安乐死的认识。
0 有用 LuciferLynn 2024-10-23 17:34:47 陕西
die alone with dignity