A Good Death by Sandra Martin

A Good Death by Sandra Martin

Having a good death is our final human right, argues Sandra Martin in this updated and expanded version of her bestselling and award-winning social history of the right to die movement in Canada and around the world.

Winner of the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, finalist for both the Donner Prize in Public Policy and the Dafoe Prize for History, A Good Death has a new chapter on Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying Law. The law allows mentally competent adults, who are suffering grievously from incurable conditions, to ask for a doctor's help in ending their lives.

Does the law go far enough? No, says Martin. She delivers compelling stories about the patients the law ignores: people with life-crushing diseases who are condemned to suffer because their natural deaths are not reasonably foreseeable. With a clear analytical eye, she exposes the law's shortcomings and outlines constitutional challenges, including the presumed right of publicly-funded faith-based institutions to deny suffering patients a legal medical service.

Martin argues that Canada can set an example for the world if it can strike a balance between compassion for the suffering and protection of the vulnerable, between individual choice and social responsibility. A Good Death asks the tough question none of us can avoid: How do you want to die? The answer will change your life--and your death.

An] excellent new book. . . .The timeliness is hard to overstate. --The Globe and Mail

What truly distinguishes this book is the reportage on individuals and families who have fought to arrange for a better death. . . . These first-hand experiences are the beating heart of a timely and powerful examination. --2017 BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction Jury Citation

Martins, Ana: - Ana Martins is a writer and editor based in Amsterdam. She is Project Manager at Frame Publishers, where she is responsible for the conceptualization, planning and edition of books in the fields of architecture and interior design.

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ISBN 13	9781443435963
ISBN 10	1443435961
Titel	A Good Death
Autor	Sandra Martin
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Patrick Crean Editions
Erscheinungsjahr	2016-04-12
Seitenanzahl	400
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