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A Chosen Death: The Dying Confront Assisted Suicide
Author: Lonny Shavelson
Book Information
Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Paperback
Rating: 1

ISBN-13: 9780520212923 - ISBN-10: 0520212924
Publication Date: 4/16/1998
Pages: 244

Book Description:
In a moving examination of one of the most troubling issues of our time, Lonny Shavelson puts a human face on the legal and ethical discussions that surround assisted suicide. By recounting with great intimacy and compassion the personal histories of five terminally ill people, he exposes the depth and complexity of this explosive issue.

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Danielle T. (mardou) from NEWPORT NEWS, VA wrote on 4/9/2008...


This is an amazing book. It's educational, but doesn't seem like it at all because it mostly just follows these 5 critically ill people, & their decisions concerning a death of their choosing.

Not only because of the touching photographs interspersed throughout the text, but also because of his writing skills, I grew close & empathetic to these very real men & women.

I was also unable to set the book down as he exposed the incredibly unauthorized lengths that some people working within assisted suicide information groups will actually go to in aiding these people die.