Come Lovely and Soothing Death

by Fox, Elaine; Kamakahi, Jeffrey J., Ph.d.; Capek, Stella M.

• ISBN13: 9780805716450
• ISBN10: 0805716459
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Twayne Pub

Summary

Traces the Right to Die movement from its emergence in the 1930s to its present activities, with special attention to the Hemlock Society, Compassion in Dying and the countermovement group Not Dead Yet, which actively opposes physician-assisted suicides.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
An Act of Euthanasia	1	(18)
The Emergence of a Right to Die Movement: A Sociological Framework	19	(12)
Medical Technology: Friend and Foe	31	(28)
The Hemlock Society in Transition: A Qualitative Analysis	59	(23)
Survey of the Hemlock Society USA	82	(17)
A Changing Landscape	99	(24)
The Right to Die at Home and Abroad: Friends and Enemies	123	(18)
Stydying the Right to Die Movement Sociologically: Some Conclusions	141	(10)
Appendix 1	151	(5)
Appendix 2	156	(17)
Appendix 3	173	(14)
Notes	187	(2)
Selected Bibliography	189	(16)
Index	205