Compassion in Dying

ISBN: 9780939165490

出版社: Transition Vendor

出版年: 2003-10

页数: 142

定价: $ 13.56

装帧: Pap

内容简介

Whether people have a right to control their own death has become a topic of increasing interest to everyone involved--governments that try to impose their will on individuals, advocates on both sides of the question, and those most directly affected, the terminally ill. This book, inspired by the Compassion in Dying Federation, looks at the issue personally, from the standpoint of the dying and those directly involved in the process. Editor Barbara Coombs Lee highlights stories of individuals and their graceful release into death that can happen when people are given a choice. But there are also powerful accounts by family members, friends, and religious advisers who respected and supported that choice--including those who opted for physician-assisted death.