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Brown, an organizational consultant dealing primarily with change, tells the story of her father, Stanley Ball, a farmer and agricultural agent who, diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, obtained the aid of Dr. Jack Kevorkian in an assisted suicide that took place on February 4, 1993. She points out that Michigan law prevented her and her brother from talking with friends before her father's passing, and she wonders why discussion of assisted suicide is so often mean-spirited and harsh. She avers that assisted suicide always appears different to those personally involved in it and that every situation is unique and all of those involved must work through its various aspects. Moreover, she does not intend her father's death to be taken as a model. Rather, she counsels caring, listening, and being open, nonjudgmental, and willing to accept change in oneself and others as elementary in dealing with the assisted-suicide decision. William Beatty
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Through the dramatic story of her father's decision to die with the help of Dr. Jack Kevorkian and her struggle to cope with his suicide, the author explores the controversies surrounding euthanasia and the right to die. Simultaneous. Tour. IP.
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THE WRITING OF THIS BOOK BEGAN THE DAY MY DAD DIED, as she wished, with the help of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the Michigan pathologist whose practice of helping terminally ill people end their lives has sparked a tremendous controversy across the United States. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Lake Leelanau, Stanley Ball, Mary Parish, Mary Glynn, Native American, Eastern Shore, North Star, Uncle Tom, Traverse City, Jack Kevorkian, Little Rock, David Ball, East Coast, Lake Michigan, Mary Biernat, Patrick's Day, Dawna Markova, John Gardner, Los Angeles, Parker Palmer, Annie Dillard, Jim Autry, Lake Arrowhead, Spider Woman New!
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THE WRITING OF THIS BOOK BEGAN THE DAY MY DAD DIED, as she wished, with the help of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the Michigan pathologist whose practice of helping terminally ill people end their lives has sparked a tremendous controversy across the United States. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rope railing, assisted suicide Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lake Leelanau, Stanley Ball, Mary Parish, Mary Glynn, Native American, Eastern Shore, North Star, Uncle Tom, Traverse City, Jack Kevorkian, Little Rock, David Ball, East Coast, Lake Michigan, Mary Biernat, Patrick's Day, Dawna Markova, John Gardner, Los Angeles, Parker Palmer, Annie Dillard, Jim Autry, Lake Arrowhead, Spider Woman New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Plain and Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish by Sue Bender in Back Matter
- On Caring by Milton Mayeroff in Back Matter
- Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society by John W. Gardner in Back Matter
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