{"product_id":"inevitable-dispatches-on-the-right-to-die","title":"Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eInevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eKatie Engelhart\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781250201461\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSt. Martin's Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2021\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e352\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A remarkably nuanced, empathetic, and well-crafted work of journalism, [\u003ci\u003eThe Inevitable]\u003c\/i\u003e explores what might be called the right-to-die underground, a world of people who wonder why a medical system that can do so much to try to extend their lives can do so little to help them end those lives in a peaceful and painless way.\"--Brooke Jarvis, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore states and countries are passing right-to-die laws that allow the sick and suffering to end their lives at pre-planned moments, with the help of physicians. But even where these laws exist, they leave many people behind. \u003ci\u003eThe Inevitable\u003c\/i\u003e moves beyond margins of the law to the people who are meticulously planning their final hours--far from medical offices, legislative chambers, hospital ethics committees, and polite conversation. It also shines a light on the people who help them: loved ones and, sometimes, clandestine groups on the Internet that together form the \"euthanasia underground.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKatie Engelhart, a veteran journalist, focuses on six people representing different aspects of the right to die debate. Two are doctors: a California physician who runs a boutique assisted death clinic and has written more lethal prescriptions than anyone else in the U.S.; an Australian named Philip Nitschke who lost his medical license for teaching people how to end their lives painlessly and peacefully at \"DIY Death\" workshops. The other four chapters belong to people who said they wanted to die because they were suffering unbearably--of old age, chronic illness, dementia, and mental anguish--and saw suicide as their only option. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning North America, Europe, and Australia, \u003ci\u003eThe Inevitable\u003c\/i\u003e offers a deeply reported and fearless look at a morally tangled subject. It introduces readers to ordinary people who are fighting to find dignity and authenticity in the final hours of their lives.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die | Katie Engelhart | Hardcover | 9781250201461 | Used: Like New | Sociology 1728737 (temp: 27)","offer_id":48847125971096,"sku":"1728737","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71-ch1dxBBL.jpg?v=1775426683","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/inevitable-dispatches-on-the-right-to-die","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}