Bibliograph

The inevitable, dispatches on the right to die, Katie Engelhart

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The inevitable, dispatches on the right to die, Katie Engelhart

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The inevitable

Responsibility statement

Katie Engelhart

Sub title

dispatches on the right to die

Summary

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 paralyzed 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

Target audience

adult

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