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An international bestseller this compassionate memoir by a leading pioneer in medically assisted dying who helps suffering patients explore and fulfill their end of life choices is written with sensitivity grace and candornot to be missed Publishers Weekly starred review
Dr Stefanie Green has been forging new paths in the field of medical assistance in dying since 2016 In her landmark memoir Dr Green reveals the reasons a patient might seek an assisted death how the process works what the event itself can look like the reactions of those involved and what it feels like to oversee proceedings and administer medications that hasten death She describes the extraordinary people she meets and the unusual circumstances she encounters as she navigates the intricacy intensity and utter humanity of these powerful interactions
Deeply authentic and powerfully emotional This Is Assisted Dying contextualizes the myriad personal professional and practical issues surrounding assisted dying by bringing readers into the room with Dr Green sharing the voices of her patients her colleagues and her own narrative As our population confronts issues of wellness integrity agency community and how to live a connected meaningful life this progressive and compassionate book by a physician at the forefront of medically assisted dying offers comfort and potential relief
A humane cleareyed view of how and why one can leave the world by choice Kirkus Reviews This Is Assisted Dying will change the way people think about their options and ultimately is less about death than about how we wish to live
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