A Chosen Death: The Dying Confront Assisted Suicide

Lonny Shavelson has written this fascinating and moving book which focuses on a central issue of today: should people with terminal illnesses or severe handicaps be encouraged to decide their own fates? The condition of living can be nothing less than torture for these individuals, especially those who were once healthy, and have acquired untreatable and painful afflictions. The book is sometimes shocking, sometimes brutal. It is emotionally charged and provocative throughout.