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Author
Language
English
Description
In this memoir, the New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize Anna Quindlen writes about looking back and ahead -- and celebrating it all -- as she considers marriage, girlfriends, our mothers, faith, loss, all the stuff in our closets, and more.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
עברית
Description
It tackles an extremely sensitive issue in a vibrant, humorous way. Well into their 70s, Yehezkel and his wife Levana are living contented lives inside a Jerusalem retirement home. But they are shocked when their dear friend Max falls prey to an irreversible illness. Looking to escape a slow, painful death, Max asks Yehezkel for help to end his suffering.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
A young man who has spent more than a quarter of a century as a quadriplegic chooses to die, petitioning the courts for permission to be euthanized. His decision sets off controversy throughout Spain and with his family and friends.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Stefanie Green has been forging new paths in the field of medical assistance in dying since 2016. In her landmark memoir, Dr. Green reveals the reasons a patient might seek an assisted death, how the process works, what the event itself can look like, the reactions of those involved, and what it feels like to oversee proceedings and administer medications that hasten death. She describes the extraordinary people she meets and the unusual circumstances...
Publisher
Autism Media Channel
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This unprecedented documentary captures the events that precipitated the murder of a Chicago teen. Filmed in the months leading up to his murder, the film shows what and who actually contributed to his death. Alex's tragedy tells a story of our time: the systemic failure of the US healthcare system to treat autism as a medical disease rather than a psychiatric oddity.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"A 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. As much of the world's population grows older, the quest for a "good death," has become a significant issue. For many, the right to die often means the right to die with dignity. The Inevitable moves beyond margins of the law to the people who are meticulously planning their final hours-far...
12) Lullaby
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Jonathan, the black sheep of a well-to-do family, is finally coming home. His cancer-stricken father, Robert, has announced he's ending his life in less than 48 hours. At first confused, angry and remote, Jonathan eventually sees the barriers he has set up to cope with the imagined disappointment from his estranged family, including his fragile mother, and seemingly successful sister. A chance encounter with his old girlfriend, now engaged to another...
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Four stories of real patients who considered and then activated plans to voluntarily stop eating and drinking (VSED) are presented. Each had unique personal and clinical circumstances, but all wanted to know what "escape options" might be possible if their anticipated or actual suffering or deterioration became unacceptable to them. Most were initially unaware of VSED as a life-ending option until informed by the treating clinicians, and some were...
Author
Series
Merciful Crow volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Fie, a sixteen-year-old chieftain from a lowly cast of mercy-killers, must rely on her wits and bone magic to smuggle the crown prince of Sabor to safety.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
How far would you go to sustain the life of someone you love or your own? When the moment comes, and you're confronted with the prospect of 'pulling the plug', do you know how you'll respond? Unfounded rumors of federal 'death panels' grabbed headlines last summer, but the real decisions of how we die, the questions that most of us prefer to put off, are being made quietly behind closed doors, increasingly on the floors of America's intensive care...
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