{"product_id":"the-inevitable-dispatches-on-the-right-to-die-9781250827968","title":"The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA riveting, incisive, and wide-ranging book about the Right to Die movement, and the doctors, patients, and activists at the heart of this increasingly urgent issue. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*Finalist for the New York Public Library's 2022 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A remarkably nuanced, empathetic, and well-crafted work of journalism.\"--Brooke Jarvis, \u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \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 \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. Further still, it 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katie Engelhart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.48w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250827968","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42714078412937,"sku":"9781250827968","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_e4a54181-2fe3-46d5-b6fd-2c3321b9f301.jpg?v=1719633634","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-inevitable-dispatches-on-the-right-to-die-9781250827968","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}