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When my time comes : conversations about whether those who are dying should have the right to determine when life should end / Diane Rehm.

Rehm, Diane, (interviewer.).

Summary:

"A series of interviews on the topics of end-of-life care and the right-to-die movement"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525654759
  • ISBN: 0525654755
  • Physical Description: xv, 227 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
Formatted Contents Note:
Barbara Coombs Lee, President of Compassion and Choices -- Lori Wallace Pushinaitis, a terminal cancer patient, and Dr. Catherine Sonquist Forest, Lori's end-of-life care doctor -- Christina Puchalski, board certified palliative care physician -- Dan Diaz, widower of Brittany Maynard -- Martha Kay Nelson, Director of Spiritual Care at Mission Hospice -- Heather Massey, death educator -- The Reverend William Lamar, African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. -- Dr. Roger Kligler, a supporter of MAID -- Stella Dawson-Klein, widow of Mary Klein -- Dr. Katalin Roth, Professor of Medicine at George Washington University -- Mary Cheh, Professor of Constitutional Law and member of the D.C. City Council -- Eric Luedtke, Delegate from the Maryland House of Delegates -- Alexa Fraser, a Death With Dignity supporter -- Father John Tuohey, a Roman Catholic priest -- Bill Roberts, a terminal cancer patient and friend of the author's -- Dr. Lonny Shavelson, Director of Bay Area End-of-Life Options -- Deborah Gatzek Kratter, a patient of Dr. Shavelson's -- Dr. David Grube, National Medical Director of Compassion and Choices -- Four students who attended Dr. Grube's lecture -- Dr. William Toffler, National Director, Physicians for Compassionate Care; Professor Emeritus, Oregon Health and Sciences Univ. -- Allan Christopher Carmichael, widower of Terry Stein, and Dr. Stephanie Marquet, Terry's palliative care physician -- The Honorable Selwa "Lucky" Roosevelt, Chief of Protocol in the Reagan administration -- Benjamin Zide, the author's grandson.
Subject: Right to die.
Assisted suicide.
Terminal care > Moral and ethical aspects.
Terminally ill > Interviews.
Physicians > Interviews.
Genre: Interviews.

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