Reviews (2)

Unflinching, sympathetic, beautifully written
This detailed look at the right-to-die movement is as impressive for itscompassion as it is for its scope. As medical advances offer thepossibility of longer life even in the shadow of grave illness, questionsabout patients' choices and quality of life become more and more relevantto all of us. Woodman has done her homework and summarizes the principleviewpoints concisely --and always with deep sympathy both for the dyingand their care-givers.

If you read only right-to-die book this year, choose this!
Last Rights is a comprehensive and insightful examination of the right todie movement in the United States and around the world. Filled withpersonal details not found in other books. Not concerned with merelyrepeating "politically correct" versions of events. It is avaluable new addition to "end-of-life" literature. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Death & Dying    2. Ethics    3. Euthanasia    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Medical Ethics    6. Medical Law & Legislation    7. Social Science    8. Sociology   

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Informed consent (Medical law)    3. Law and legislation    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Right to die    6. Self-Help    7. United States   

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Law    3. Popular works    4. Right to die    5. Sale Adult - Business / Economics / Finance    6. United States    7. Non-Classifiable    8. Sale Books   

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Euthanasia    3. General    4. Government policy    5. Law and legislation    6. Politics - Current Events    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Right to die    9. Sociology Of Medicine    10. States    11. United States   

Subjects:  1. Attitude to Death    2. California    3. Ethics, Medical    4. Euthanasia    5. Law and legislation    6. Legislation, Medical    7. Right to die   

Subjects:  1. Euthanasia    2. Law and legislation    3. Moral and ethical aspects    4. Right to die    5. Science/Mathematics    6. United States   

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. General    3. Law    4. Law and legislation    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Legal status, laws, etc    7. Legal status, laws, etc.    8. Medical Ethics    9. Reference    10. Right to die    11. Social Law    12. Terminally ill    13. United States    14. Death & dying    15. Forensic medicine    16. Law / General    17. Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law    18. Medicolegal issues    19. USA   

Subjects:  1. Aging - General    2. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    3. Judaism - General    4. Religion    5. Right to Die    6. United States    7. Wills    8. Wills (Jewish law)    9. Wills, Ethical   

Subjects:  1. Ethics    2. Ethics & Professional Responsibility    3. Euthanasia    4. Great Britain    5. Law and legislation    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Medical    8. Moral and ethical aspects    9. Right to Die    10. Medical ethics    11. Medicolegal issues   

Subjects:  1. Ethics    2. General    3. Health Care Delivery    4. Health/Fitness    5. Law and legislation    6. Right to die    7. Social aspects    8. Sociology    9. United States    10. Cultural studies    11. Death & dying    12. Ethical issues & debates    13. Medical ethics   

Subjects:  1. Common Law    2. Forms    3. Law and legislation    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Personal & Practical Guides    6. Practical Guides    7. Reference    8. Reference And Information Services    9. Right to Die    10. United States    11. Reference / General   

Subjects:  1. Constitutional Law    2. Law and legislation    3. Philosophy    4. Right to die    5. Suicidal Behavior    6. Suicide    7. United States    8. Auden, W. H    9. Larkin, Philip    10. Technique    11. Wordsworth, William   

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Lacking clear thinking....
Any book that's a "reaction" to another book (in this case Daniel Callahan's "False Hopes : Why America's Quest for Perfect Health Is a Recipe for Failure"), should be read very carefully. In this case, it shouldn't be read at all. This book is not "full of crap" as some people might say, but it obviously lacks clear thinking. However it's worth a read just to see how illogical it is......Not worth your money. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1930-    2. Callahan, Daniel,    3. General    4. Health Care Delivery    5. Health Services For Older Adults    6. Medical Ethics    7. Medical care    8. Moral and ethical aspects    9. Older people    10. Politics - Current Events    11. Politics / Current Events    12. Politics/International Relations    13. Right to die    14. Setting limits    15. Callahan, Daniel    16. Law   

Subjects:  1. Euthanasia    2. Great Britain    3. Law and legislation    4. Life and death, Power over    5. Moral and ethical aspects    6. Philosophy    7. Right to die    8. Death & dying    9. Medical ethics    10. Medicolegal issues    11. United Kingdom, Great Britain   

Subjects:  1. Assisted suicide    2. Civil Procedure    3. Euthanasia    4. Law    5. Law and legislation    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Right to Die    8. United States    9. Law / General    10. Medical ethics   

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Death And Dying (Sociological Aspects)    3. General    4. Law and legislation    5. Legal status, laws, etc    6. Legal status, laws, etc.    7. Politics - Current Events    8. Right to die    9. Sociology    10. Terminally ill    11. United States    12. Death & dying   

Subjects:  1. Law and legislation    2. Medical Ethics    3. Moral and ethical aspects    4. Right to die    5. Terminal care    6. United States   

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Right to Die   

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Living Wills    4. Popular works    5. Practical Guides    6. Right to Die    7. United States   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. History    3. Law    4. Law and legislation    5. Legal History    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Natural law    8. Right to die    9. United States    10. Euthanasia    11. International human rights law    12. Law / Legal History    13. Medicolegal issues    14. USA