Death As a Salesman: What's Wrong With Assisted Suicide

By Brian P. Johnston

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0964112507
• ISBN13: 9780964112506
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: New Regency Pub
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 6.5" x 0.5"

Customer Reviews

Clear and compelling, this book changed my mind !

I came to this book with a condescending snicker on my face. I was sure it would rattle through old platitudes and moral hype, but it immediately challenged that point of view with clear and compelling evidence that assisted suicide is, and has been, a very bad idea for the vulnerable and depressed. Johnston tells the story of the Hemlock Society and its founder, Derek Humphry; factual and chilling. Kevorkian is skewered by his own words. The Dutch experiment is documented exhaustively and it is clearly something we wouldn't want to try. The threat of manipulating older people (perhaps for their money, perhaps because we're just tired of hearing them chatter) is in fact very real. I liked the historical overview, the tasteful graphics, the liner notes, and the Qand A section. I particularly liked the stuff on copy-cat suicide and Courtney Love! This book is not dry and stiff, it's actually pretty cool. Neat cover too