Table of Contents:
  • The Twentieth-century battle over death
  • The anguish of a difficult death
  • Death with dignity
  • The right to die
  • Foreign rights
  • Dr. Death
  • The leading activists and their obsessive quest
  • The rank and file
  • The medical establishment
  • Rational suicide
  • Suspicion and fear from the vulnerable
  • Religion and ethics
  • The devil is in the details: navigating the nightmare cases.