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In the Arms of Others: A Cultural History of the Right-To-Die in America
In the Arms of Others A Cultural History of the RightToDie in America Author:Peter G. Filene When, if ever, is life no longer worth living? When, if ever, is it right to withdraw life-support or hasten death? And who should decide? These questions--that confront physicians, bioethicists, social workers, the children of aging parents, and sooner or later almost everyone--now receive increasingly urgent attention in American society. Pet... more »er Filene's In the Arms of Others is the first book to set this dilemma into broad historical and cultural context.« less