Last rights: the struggle over the right to die

Abstract

* Introduction * The Twentieth-Century Battle over * The Anguish of a Difficult * Death with Dignity: The Hope of a Movement * The Right to Die: An Argument as Old as Life Itself? * Foreign Rights: A World-View of * Dr. Death: Dispensing Mercy or Murder? * The Leading Activists and Their Obsessive Quest * The Rank and File: Just Your Normal Next-Door Neighbors * The Medical Establishment: A Fortress Divided * Rational Suicide: The Password to a New Frontier? * Suspicion and Fear from the Vulnerable * Religion and Ethics: Who Cares for the Soul? * The Devil Is in the Details: Navigating the Nightmare Cases * Postscript * Bibliography * Acknowledgments * Index