Assisted Dying: Who Makes the Final Choice

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Assisted dying is perhaps one of the most divisive issues of the modern age,generating endless headlines and moral debates. Published in conjunction withthe organization Dignity in Dying, this important new book provides a forum forexpert commentators in a variety of fields, including religion and medicine, toexplore whether the most humane response to the torment and helplessness ofcertain severely incapacitated individuals is to assist them in their wish to die.Assisted Dying who makes the final choice is edited by two proponents ofgreater choice at the end of life, and all the contributors support the need tochange the law.

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Jo Cartwright is the publicity manager for Dignity in Dying, the London-based charity which is fighting to change the law on assisted dying in the UK and internationally. Lesley Mary Close is a patron and spokesperson of Dignity In Dying. Sir Terence David John Terry Pratchett, OBE is an English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for the Discworld series of about 40 volumes. He has sold more than 85 million books worldwide in 37 languages.