Chosen Death: The Dying Confront Assisted Suicide

by Lonny Shavelson

Book Overview

In a moving examination of one of the most troubling issues of our time, Lonny Shavelson puts a human face on the legal and ethical discussions that surround assisted suicide. By recounting with great... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684801000
• ISBN13: 9780684801001
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

A moving read.

This is one of the finest books in this genre. Stories about real people and the caring doctor who befriended them, tended them and saw to their final wishes. Highly recommended! Betsy S.

You won't regret reading A Chosen Death

Dr. Lonny Shavelson offers a powerful, wonderful, and rare insight into the medicalization of death in America. He chronicles several terminally ill individuals and their attempts to die with dignity. I couldn't put the book down. Courbet Anderson, Gerontologist

A penetrating look at assisted suicide

The author is a physician who followed several cases of dying persons who from the onset of their terminal illnesses expressed a desire to commit suicide towards the end. Dr.Shavelson tracked these cases over 3-4 years and records the medical and emotional roller-coaster the patients went through. The best examination on a personal basis of assisted suicide so far published.