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Freedom to Die: People, Poltics, and the Right-To-Die Movement
Freedom to Die People Poltics and the RightToDie Movement Author:Derek Humphry, Mary Clement Over the last decade, America has served as the battleground for a major political, social, cultural and reigious war over one of the most fundamenta questions we fae: the right to die. Much like aboriton in the 1970s, the right to die has emerged as one of the most urgent social issues for the coming years. — The strength of the right-to-die mov... more »ement was underscored as early as 1991, when Derek Humphrey pbulished Last Exit, the movment's call to arms that inspired literally hundreds of thousands of Americans who wished to understand the concepts of assisted suicide and the right to die with dignity. Now Humphrey has joined foces with attorney Mary Clement to write Freedom to Die, which places this civil rights story within the framework of American social history. More than a chronology of the movement, this book explores the inner motivations of an entire society. Reaching back to the years just after World War II, Freedom to Die explores the roots of the movements and answers the question: Why now, at the end of the twentieth century, has the right-to-die movement become part of the mainstream debate?« less