Last Rights: The Case for Assisted Dying

Name: Last Rights: The Case for Assisted Dying
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SKU: 9781785906015
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By Sarah Wootton and Lloyd Riley

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Last Rights: The Case for Assisted Dying by Sarah Wootton and Lloyd Riley explores the complex and often controversial subject of assisted dying. The authors provide a comprehensive analysis of the ethical, legal, and societal implications of giving individuals the right to choose how they die. They argue for policy change while considering personal stories, moral questions, and international perspectives, making a compelling case within the realm of politics and current affairs.
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Format: Hardback

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You might like this book if you are interested in the ethical, legal, and social implications of assisted dying. It delves into the complex debates surrounding end-of-life choices, providing a thorough exploration of both personal stories and legislative perspectives. This book may appeal to you if you are engaged in current political affairs and wish to understand the arguments for reforming laws regarding assisted dying.

Last Rights: The Case for Assisted Dying

In September 2019, Mavis Eccleston was acquitted of murdering her 81-year-old husband Dennis. Dennis had terminal cancer and had taken an overdose of pain medication to end his own life. The turmoil that followed for Mavis and her family sheds light on the brutal and ignored impact of the UK's failure to legalise assisted dying.

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Why does the UK abandon dying people and outsource this problem to facilities in Switzerland while legislators across the USA, Canada, and Australia have drafted laws to give dying people choice over how and when they die?

Sarah Wootton, CEO of the campaign group Dignity in Dying, explains why assisted dying's time has come. Drawing parallels with issues such as women's suffrage, reproductive rights, and equal marriage, Wootton exposes the hypocrisy of the arguments put forward by those who oppose change and examines how a broken status quo has been imposed against the wishes of dying people for too long.

Bringing to light the heart-breaking testimony of those who have witnessed unimaginable suffering at the end of life, Wootton builds a case for why the law needs urgent reform, questions how future generations will judge our failure to take action, and issues a call to arms for people to share their truth and demand change.

Last Rights: The Case for Assisted Dying is a compelling argument for change, encouraging readers to reflect on the current laws and advocate for a more compassionate approach to end-of-life care.

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Last Rights: The Case for Assisted Dying by Sarah Wootton and Lloyd Riley is praised for its compassionate and compelling case for legalizing assisted dying. Reviewers highlight the book's moral depth, urgency, and humane arguments against the current legal stance on end-of-life choices. It is seen as a vital contribution to ongoing discussions, emphasising the importance of individuals having the right to decide how and when they die, reflecting a shift towards more compassionate and dignified end-of-life options.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781785906015

Publisher: Biteback Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 23 June 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Biteback Publishing

Contributors:

Series edited by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 116.0mm

Height: 186.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 176

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Education & Reference Grief & Loss Lloyd Riley Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs Sarah Wootton

About the Author

Sarah Wootton is CEO of Dignity in Dying and has led the campaign for choice at the end of life from the margins to the mainstream in Parliament, the courts and the media. She established and is also CEO of Dignity in Dying's sister charity, Compassion in Dying, which empowers people to take control of their end-of-life treatment and care under the current law. She is a trustee of the Sheila McKechnie Foundation and previously led campaigning at the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Family Planning Association. Lloyd Riley joined the Policy and Research team at Dignity in Dying and Compassion in Dying in 2014. He is committed to giving a voice to the dying people and bereaved relatives who have been and continue to be failed by the current law.Drawing on his experience in the hospice sector and study of assisted dying laws around the world, Riley believes widespread change is needed to establish a culture around death and dying in the UK that truly respects the wishes of the individual.