Last Wish - Softcover

Rollin, Betty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1891620010 ISBN 13: 9781891620010

Publisher: PublicAffairs, 1998

Synopsis

At a time when tempers flare over the Oregon assisted suicide law and Jack Kevorkian's physician-aid-in-dying, Last Wish, Betty Rollin's groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, is due for a rereading. Last Wish is an intimate, fiercely honest memoir of a daughter's struggle to come to terms with her terminally ill mother's decision to die. More than a examination of the ethical, spiritual, and technical aspects of assisted suicide, Last Wish is also a celebration of Rollin's imperfect family, a passionate testament to her mother's character and courage, and a compelling argument for the right of the terminally ill to a humane and dignified death. The PublicAffairs paperback edition includes a new foreword, questions for thought and discussion, and a helpful resource guide.

About this title

From the Author:

"When Last Wish was first published, the issue of physician-assisted suicide hardly existed. Now it has become one of the major issues of our time. . . .And however one feels about it, how-to-die is an issue that concerns us all. I know that from my mail. Some people I hear from are neither sick nor old. But they worry about a system of medicine and the kind of mindless technology that sometimes prolongs life, even if the person 'living' wants desperately to die. . . .My mother felt she was lucky to get out of life when she did. She wanted others to have that choice as well."

About the Author:

Betty Rollin is both a writer and an award-winning TV journalist. She is a contributing correspondent for NBC News and for PBS. Formerly a writer and editor for both Look and Vogue magazines, she has written for many national publications, including the New York Times. She and her husband, Dr. Harold M. Edwards, live in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1891620010
• ISBN 13: 9781891620010
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272