The inevitable : dispatches on the right to die
Engelhart, Katie2021
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A compelling and beautifully written exploration of the topic which breaks all taboos: assisted death. Meet Adam. He's twenty-seven years old, articulate and attractive. He also wants to die. Should he be helped? In The Inevitable, award-winning journalist Katie Engelhart explores one of our most abiding taboos: that of assisted suicide. From Avril, the 80-year-old British woman illegally importing pentobarbital to the Australian doctor dispensing suicide manuals online, Engelhart travels the world to hear the stories behind one of today's most hotly debated ethical dilemmas. At once intensely troubling and profoundly moving, The Inevitable interrogates our most uncomfortable moral questions. Should a paralysed teenager be allowed to end her life? Should we be free to die painlessly before dementia takes our mind? But the book also does something more. In examining our end, it sheds crucial light on what it means to flourish and live.
Main title:
The inevitable : dispatches on the right to die / Katie Engelhart.
Author:
Engelhart, Katie, author
Imprint:
London : Atlantic Books, 2021.©2021
Collation:
337 pages ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9781786495648 (hardback)
Dewey class:
179.7
Language:
English
BRN:
386676