
Few issues set off such impassioned debate as euthanasia and assisted suicide, but until now, no one has shown what their practice means in the actual experience of patients, doctors, and families.
Herbert Hendin has studied such experience in the United States and also...

Examines the use of euthanasia and assisted suicide that have been in common practice in the Netherlands for more than twenty years and explores its implications for patients, their families, and medical practitioners.