euthanasia

Explores the ethical, medical, and legal issues surrounding euthanasia.

In easily-understood language and with convincing logic, Dick Westley critiques current cultural misperceptions of death and dying, analyzes traditional positions opposed to Euthanasia, and presents a justification for active voluntary euthanasia. When It's Right to Die is a thought-provoking work that opens the door for discussion on key issues regarding death and dying today.

In the spring of 2002, acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger traveled to Vienna to witness the burial of the preserved brains of over 700 handicapped children. The victims had been murdered in a "euthanasia" clinic as part of the Nazi eugenics program that many consider the opening act of the Holocaust.

Antisemitism -- Authoritarianism and Conformity -- Aggression and Violence -- Practicing for Genocide: Euthanasia in Nazi Germany -- Hitler -- Leading Nazis -- Surviving the Ghettos and Camps -- Complicity or Resistance? -- Rescuers and Bystanders -- Holocaust Survivors in the Postwar World -- Explaining the Past and Predicting the Future -- Remembering the Holocaust.

This anthology explores pro and con opinions on assisted death issues in the United States and discusses palliative care, treatment that provides physical and psychological comfort for the dying.