In a moving examination of one of the most troubling issues of our time, Lonny Shavelson puts a human face on the legal and ethical discussions that surround assisted suicide. By recounting with great intimacy and compassion the personal histories of five terminally ill people, he exposes the depth and complexity of this explosive issue.
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29 black-and-white photographs.
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Höhe: 210 mm
Breite: 140 mm
Dicke: 0 mm
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978-0-520-21292-3 (9780520212923)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Lonny Shavelson is an emergency room physician at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley, a photojournalist, and coauthor with Fred Setterberg of Toxic Nation: The Fight to Save our Communities from Chemical Contamination (1993).