When Eldon Mate, a former physician who had ended dozens of human lives, is found murdered psychologist-detective Alex Delaware is asked to aid in the investigation.

Lily and Paul summon their loved ones to their country house for one final gathering after Lily decides to end her life on her terms after a long battle with ALS. The couple is planning a loving weekend complete with holiday traditions, but the mood becomes strained when unresolved issues surface between Lily and her daughters, Jennifer and Anna. Joining the collective farewell is Lily's son in law, her lifelong friend, daughter's partner, and grandson....

This book "is intended to be read by a mature adult who is suffering from a terminal illness and is considering the option of rational suicide if and when suffering becomes unbearable"--Back jacket.

"Felix Pink is retired. Widowed for more than a decade, a painfully literal thinker, he has led a life of routine and is, not unhappily, waiting to die a hopefully boring death. He occupies himself volunteering as an Exiteer--someone who sits with terminally ill people as they die by suicide, assisting with logistics and lending moral support, then removing the evidence so that family and friends are not implicated in the death. When Felix lets himself...

"Dr. Julie Devereux is an outspoken advocate for the right to die - until a motorcycle accident leaves her fianceþ, Sam Talbot, a quadriplegic. He begs to die, but Julie sees hope in a life together. With the help of an organization that opposes physician-assisted suicide, Julie has Sam coming around to her point of view when he suddenly dies from an unexpected heart attack. An autopsy reveals that Sam died of an unusual heart defect, one seen only...

After creating a machine that allows people to kill themselves, Dr. Jack Kevorkian defends his work to the media and the government.

Presents a diverse selection of primary sources representing all sides of the assisted suicide debate.

Eight essays argue over the morality and legality of physician-assisted suicide, as well as the potential consequences of its legalization. Also includes a bibliography and brief profiles of related organizations.

Advocates that the patient must be an active participant in process of fighting disease and includes guidelines for medical assisted suicide.