Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Civil Rights    3. Government policy    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Right to die    7. States    8. United States   

Subjects:  1. Assisted suicide    2. Courts - General    3. Courts - Supreme Court    4. Ethics    5. Euthanasia    6. Health Policy    7. Law    8. Law and legislation    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Political questions and judici    11. Political questions and judicial power    12. Right to Die    13. U.S. Supreme Court    14. United States    15. Medical / Health Policy    16. Medicolegal issues    17. Suicide    18. USA   

Subjects:  1. Euthanasia    2. Law and legislation    3. Right to die    4. United States   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. History - United States/20th Century    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Juvenile literature    6. Law & Crime    7. Law and legislation    8. Missouri    9. Right to die    10. Social Issues - Death & Dying    11. United States   

Reviews (1)

Not the greatest out there
This book is decent, but not the most comprehensive out there.For a better book, try the Blackwell anthology on bioethics, which has clashing viewpoints on a variety of bioethical topics. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Ethics    2. Health/Fitness    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Reference    6. Right to Die    7. Euthanasia    8. International humanitarian law    9. Medical ethics    10. Netherlands    11. Suicide    12. USA   

Editorial Review

Most of us know that upon our demise, a succession of fees and taxes will eat into our estates--no matter their size--if we don't plan now to protect them. Unfortunately, many of us still postpone this process because we hesitate to summon the outside legal assistance that's traditionally been required. The folks at Nolo Press have made it their mission to provide us with the means to complete a relatively uncomplicated official arrangement like this without lawyers, however, and their third edition of Read more

Reviews (7)

Attorney Approved
I am an attorney (shyreslaw.com) and I highly recommend this book for those who could use a simple trust and want to avoid probate.Even if you decide to hire an attorney, this book is invaluable because it offers great insight into trusts and avoiding the probate system.
Recommend highly...

Great buy!
This book was a god-send! I was skeptical at first because I have no legal backround and I thought that making my own living trust would be complicated at best, impossible at worst. But following a recommendation of a friend I decided to give do-it-yourself law a shot. Boy am I happy I did! I saved a fortune in legal fees and was able to get the job done just as well as if I'd had a lawyer coaching me every step of the way.Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Civil Procedure    3. Estate Planning    4. General    5. Law    6. Living trusts    7. Personal Finance    8. Popular works    9. Right to Die    10. United States    11. Wills   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Assisted suicide    3. Ethics    4. Ethics And Prenatal Medicine    5. Euthanasia    6. Human reproductive technology    7. Law    8. Law and legislation    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Medical Law & Legislation    11. Right to die    12. United States    13. Jurisprudence & philosophy of law    14. Law / General    15. Medical ethics    16. Medicolegal issues    17. Philosophy of science    18. USA   

Editorial Review

"As we think about how we hope to die," writes Peter Filene, "we need to take into account the perspectives of history and culture. They will help us understand the ambiguities that await us and the choices we want to make or to have made for us, so that each of us can give his or her life the kind of ending it deserves."Read more

Reviews (2)

A moving, engrossing treatment of a subject that affects all
A history of the right-to-die in America, Filene has achieved a remarkablebalance of the specific and the general, the personal and the objective. His analysis of the interaction between the American focus on theindividual and the basic human need to relate to others is fascinating. Abook that deals with an experience which we all share and yet must all gothrough alone, I was brought to tears several times.

Helps readers with hard decisions about a dying loved one.
In The Arms of Others is an extremely moving story of people, including the Quinlan family, who have faced agonizing decisions about whether to continue to maintain life support for a comatose loved one.The book gives a clear picture of the laws and medical practices that families deal with...and will provide readers information to help them make up their own minds.The story is gripping as a novel.I found it profoundly stirring, even though I don't have such a life-and-death decision before me now. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Death    2. Death & Dying    3. Death / Grief / Consolation    4. Death, Grief, Bereavement    5. General    6. History    7. History: World    8. Moral and ethical aspects    9. Right to Die    10. Social aspects    11. United States    12. Ethics & moral philosophy    13. Euthanasia    14. History / General    15. USA   

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Practical Guides    4. Right to Die    5. Wills   

Subjects:  1. Estate Planning    2. Law    3. Law and legislation    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Living Wills    6. Medical Law & Legislation    7. Personal Finance - General    8. Popular works    9. Practical Guides    10. Right to die    11. United States    12. Wills    13. Business & Economics / Personal Finance / General   

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Death, Grief, Bereavement    3. Euthanasia    4. Forms    5. General    6. Law and legislation    7. Power of attorney    8. Psychology    9. Right to die    10. Self-Help    11. States    12. United States    13. Medical ethics   

Subjects:  1. Legal Reference / Law Profession    2. Living Wills    3. Practical Guides    4. Reference    5. Right to Die   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Philosophy    4. Right to Die    5. Ethics & moral philosophy    6. Philosophy / General   

Reviews (2)

Helpful to get the conversation going
An excellent book that highlights how and why one can make decisions in end of life treatment. The book correctly sets aside the idiosyncracies of state forms (these are free from any doctor's office), and gets to the heart of _why_ to discuss this topic. This book is very helpful in starting and encouraging a conversation between family members and health care providers about what is important to the individual before and when the chips are down.

Ethics not details
The author's comments are right on target.If you want to debate the reasons to have these documents, weigh ethical considerations, and write a values statement, this is the book for you.But if you buy the book already convinced you need these documents and what you want is a detailed list of suggestions, customized wording, state-specific information and forms, this book is disappointing. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. General    4. Health/Fitness    5. Law and legislation    6. Medical Law & Legislation    7. Medical care    8. Power of attorney    9. Right to die    10. United States    11. Coping with personal problems    12. Health systems & services    13. Literary Criticism & Collections / American    14. Public health & preventive medicine    15. Self-Help & Practical Interests   

Subjects:  1. Christianity - General    2. Government - U.S. Government    3. Medical Ethics    4. Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights    5. Political Science    6. Politics - Current Events    7. Politics / Current Events    8. Politics/International Relations    9. Religion And Politics    10. Right to Die    11. Political Science / General   

Subjects:  1. Capacity and disability    2. Civil Procedure    3. Law and legislation    4. Nonfiction    5. Power of attorney    6. Reference    7. Right to die    8. United States    9. Law / Wills   

Subjects:  1. Assisted suicide    2. Euthanasia    3. General    4. Law    5. Law and legislation    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Legal System    8. Medical Law & Legislation    9. Right to die    10. United States   

Subjects:  1. Business & Financial    2. Estates & Trusts    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Popular works    6. Power of attorney    7. Right to Die    8. United States    9. Wills   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Estates & Trusts    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Popular works    6. Power of attorney    7. Right to Die    8. United States    9. Wills