| Come Lovely and Soothing Death: The Right to Die Movement in the United States Contributor(s): Fox, Elaine (Editor), Kamakahi (Editor), Capek, Stella M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0805716459 ISBN-13: 9780805716450 Publisher: Twayne Publishers OUR PRICE: $63.36 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 1999 Annotation: Traces the Right to Die movement from its emergence in the 1930s to its present activities, with special attention to the Hemlock Society, Compassion in Dying and the countermovement group Not Dead Yet, which actively opposes physician-assisted suicides. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Law - Social Science | Death & Dying |
| Dewey: 179.7 |
| LCCN: 99029556 |
| Series: Twayne's Social Movements Past & Present |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.63" W x 8.76" (0.94 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Traces the Right to Die movement from its emergence in the 1930s to its present activities, with special attention to the Hemlock Society, Compassion in Dying and the countermovement group Not Dead Yet, which actively opposes physician-assisted suicides. The Social Movements Past And Present Series offers thorough analyses of the ideas and actions that have changed the way Americans think and live. Each volume is written by a specialist drawing on the insights and methodologies of history, sociology, and political science. |