Death, Society, and the Human Experience (9th Edition) by Robert J. Kastenbaum  (2)
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Shavelson, an emergency-room physician and photojournalist in Berkeley, Calif., advocates physician-assisted suicide as an option for people who want to end the agony of a prolonged illness-but only after all other options, including hospice care, have been explored. He describes how he helped a friend commit suicide to shorten her struggle with terminal brain cancer. He also tells of his involvement in other cases of euthanasia, either as passive observer or as adviser to people who chose to end their lives and to their troubled families. These include a gay circus trapeze perfomer afflicted with AIDS; a quadriplegic frustrated in his quest for romantic love; and mystery writer Mary Bowen Hall, a victim of metastatic breast cancer. Shavelson's graphic photographs of his subjects at various stages of their ordeals add an unusually immediate dimension to this sensitive, helpful guide.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Franklin G. Miller, New England Journal of Medicine
"The personality and varied talents of the author as journalist, photographer, and physician (are evident in this remarkable book, which presents moving and thought-provoking accounts of assisted death. . . . Shavelson challenges the simplistic thinking characteristic of much of the debate on this subject."
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Shavelson, an emergency-room physician and photojournalist in Berkeley, Calif., advocates physician-assisted suicide as an option for people who want to end the agony of a prolonged illness-but only after all other options, including hospice care, have been explored. He describes how he helped a friend commit suicide to shorten her struggle with terminal brain cancer. He also tells of his involvement in other cases of euthanasia, either as passive observer or as adviser to people who chose to end their lives and to their troubled families. These include a gay circus trapeze perfomer afflicted with AIDS; a quadriplegic frustrated in his quest for romantic love; and mystery writer Mary Bowen Hall, a victim of metastatic breast cancer. Shavelson's graphic photographs of his subjects at various stages of their ordeals add an unusually immediate dimension to this sensitive, helpful guide.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Franklin G. Miller, New England Journal of Medicine
"The personality and varied talents of the author as journalist, photographer, and physician (are evident in this remarkable book, which presents moving and thought-provoking accounts of assisted death. . . . Shavelson challenges the simplistic thinking characteristic of much of the debate on this subject."
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The day Renee Sahm decided to kill herself I was completely unprepared. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
local chapter leaders, legalize assisted suicide, hospice physicians, physician assistance, hospice unit, planned suicide, hospice team, active euthanasia Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Joan Agnes, Kelly Niles, Hemlock Society, Final Exit, Ram Dass, Mary Hall, Derek Humphry, Renee Sahm, San Francisco, Pierre Nadeau, David Rivlin, United States, Mary Bowen Hall, Jim Curly, Gene Robbins, Clarissa Ramstead, Dave Niles, National Hospice Organization, Southern California, Aid-In-Dying Review Committee, Bob Bowen, George Howe Colt, Ira Byock, Steve Jamison, Timothy Quill New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The day Renee Sahm decided to kill herself I was completely unprepared. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
local chapter leaders, legalize assisted suicide, hospice physicians, physician assistance, hospice unit, planned suicide, hospice team, active euthanasia Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Joan Agnes, Kelly Niles, Hemlock Society, Final Exit, Ram Dass, Mary Hall, Derek Humphry, Renee Sahm, San Francisco, Pierre Nadeau, David Rivlin, United States, Mary Bowen Hall, Jim Curly, Gene Robbins, Clarissa Ramstead, Dave Niles, National Hospice Organization, Southern California, Aid-In-Dying Review Committee, Bob Bowen, George Howe Colt, Ira Byock, Steve Jamison, Timothy Quill New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover | Surprise Me!