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1) Dr. Death
Author
Series
Alex Delaware novels volume 14
Language
English
Description
Who killed the killer? In his brilliant and startling new novel, Jonathan Kellerman, perennial bestselling author and premier proprietor of the psychological thriller, gives a sharp and timely twist to homicide's central question.
Someone has murdered euthanasia champion Dr. Eldon Mate—a self-styled Dr. Death responsible for scores of assisted suicides. In a burst of bloody irony, the killer chooses to dispatch the doctor in the back of Mate's...
Someone has murdered euthanasia champion Dr. Eldon Mate—a self-styled Dr. Death responsible for scores of assisted suicides. In a burst of bloody irony, the killer chooses to dispatch the doctor in the back of Mate's...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Day I Die is a major work of nonfiction that tackles the one issue we'll all eventually come to face-our final days, hours, and minutes. With clarity and empathy, award-winning anthropologist Anita Hannig uncovers the stigma against the practice of assisted dying, untangles the legalities and logistics of pursuing an assisted death in America today, and profiles the dedicated advocates and medical personnel involved. In intimate, lyrical detail,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Perhaps it is a blessing when Jasmine Dent dies in her sleep—at last an end has come to the suffering of a body horribly ravaged by disease. It may well have been suicide; she had certainly expressed her willingness to speed the inevitable. But small inconsistencies lead her neighbor, Superintendent Duncan Kincaid, to a startling conclusion: Dent was murdered. But if not for mercy, why would someone destroy a life already doomed?
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...Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 108 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In 1994, Oregon became the first state in the U.S. to legalize physician aid-in-dying. At the time, only two countries (Switzerland and the Netherlands) permitted the practice, but more than 500 Oregonians have since ended their life using the law. The intimate Sundance Award-winning documentary How To Die in Oregon is a powerful, compassionate exploration of Oregon's historic and controversial Death with Dignity Act, which legalizes physician aid-in-dying...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Amy Bloom began to notice changes in her husband, Brian: He retired early from a new job he loved; he withdrew from close friendships; he talked mostly about the past. Suddenly, it seemed there was a glass wall between them, and their long walks and talks stopped. Their world was altered forever when an MRI confirmed what they could no longer ignore: Brian had Alzheimer?s disease. Forced to confront the truth of the diagnosis and its impact on the...
6) The event
Publisher
Distributed exclusively by Velocity Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Widescreen presentation.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Matt Shapiro is dead, one more victim of AIDS. The DA believes his death may be the result of assisted suicide, which is against the law, so she questions Matt's friends and family, without considering the emotional impact her investigation might have.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010], CA
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 134 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Angel of mercy, or murderous 'Doctor Death'? Jack Kevorkian is one of the most polarizing figures in modern American history, a man whose passionate belief that people have the right to die has brought him both praise and vilification.
11) Mercy
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Julie Devereux is an outspoken advocate for the right to die - until a motorcycle accident leaves her fiancé, Sam Talbot, a quadriplegic. He begs to die, but Julie sees hope in a life together. With the help of an organization that opposes physician-assisted suicide, Julie has Sam coming around to her point of view when he suddenly dies from an unexpected heart attack. An autopsy reveals that Sam died of an unusual heart defect, one seen only...
Author
Series
Publisher
William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
x, 110 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this book Arthur J. Dyck shows there are solid moral and practical bases for the existing laws against assisted suicide. Over the course of four interconnected arguments, Dyck takes readers from a basic concern for human suffering--the main focus of those who support assisted suicide--to the deeper truths of life's inherent worth. Dyck begins by examining the arguments of some physicians, moral philosophers, and theologians for making assisted...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xv, 243 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The issue of physician-assisted death is now firmly on the American public agenda. Already legal in five states, it is the subject of intense public opinion battles across the country. Driven by an increasingly aging population, and a baby boom generation just starting to enter its senior years, the issue is not going to go away anytime soon. In Physician-Assisted Death, L.W. Sumner equips readers with everything they need to know to take a reasoned...
15) Assisted suicide
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
229 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the legal and ethical issues involving assisted suicide, including if it should be legalized, if it conflicts with people's moral convictions, and if legalization would lead to more deaths.
Author
Publisher
Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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...
18) Breathless
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
165 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
A high school diving champion develops bone cancer in this story told from the points of view of the diver, his best friend, his sister, and his girlfriend.
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