The Inevitable

BOOK OF THE YEAR IN SPECTATOR AND TIMES'Fascinating.... Deeply disturbing... Brilliant' Sunday Times'Powerful and moving.' Louis TherouxMeet Adam. He's twenty-seven years old, articulate and attractive. He also wants to die. Should he be helped? And by whom?In The Inevitable, award-winning journalist Katie Engelhart explores one of our most abiding taboos: assisted dying. From Avril, the 80-year-old British woman illegally importing pentobarbital, to the Australian doctor dispensing suicide manuals online, Engelhart travels the world to hear the stories of those on the quest for a 'good death'.At once intensely troubling and profoundly moving, The Inevitable interrogates our most uncomfortable moral questions. Should a young woman facing imminent paralysis be allowed to end her life with a doctor's help? Should we be free to die painlessly before dementia takes our mind? Or to choose death over old age? A deeply reported portrait of everyday people struggling to make impossible decisions, The Inevitable sheds crucial light on what it means to flourish, live and die.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Katie Engelhart
• Editore: Atlantic Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781786495648
• ISBN: 978-1-78649-564-8
• Dimensioni: 145 mm x 225 mm x 32 mm
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, MEDICAL / Terminal Care, Coping with death & bereavement, Social forecasting, future studies, Human rights, civil rights, Palliative Medicine, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying