euthanasia

Ellen Gulden begins to resent her father after he asks her to come home and care for her dying mother, and, as Ellen and her mother reconnect, Ellen becomes even more estranged from her father and her former life, until a devastating event causes Ellen to re-examine everything she has ever known.

"[Examines] the right-to-die issues facing society now that vast improvements in public health care and medicine have resulted in people not only living longer, but taking much longer to die-often in great pain and suffering"--Provided by publisher.

"This book addresses key historical, scientific, legal, and philosophical issues surrounding euthanasia and assisted suicide in the United States as well as in other countries and cultures"--Provided by publisher.

Tells a story from the perspective of fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel, who is stricken with cerebral palsy and physically disabled; and transmits his feelings when he cannot communicate to a father who feels he must put an end to Shawn's suffering.

Alternates between two stories--comtemporarily, seventeen-year-old Jacob visits a daunting Amsterdam at the request of his English grandmother--and historically, nineteen-year-old Geertrui relates her experience of British soldiers's attempts to liberate Holland from its German occupation.

Explores important questions about euthanasia.

Examines how social science can inform policy and practice in debates on end-of-life matters.

A young woman helps to end the lives of people with diseases. Her reasons are her own. But when she helps the wrong person, she will be roped into a plot to gain vengeance on behalf of someone.

Describes the history and forms of euthanasia and discusses medical and ethical arguments for and against it.