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emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I couldn't put this down.
This feels so essential.
Hannig details her first-hand experience with assisted dying as a hospice volunteer and there is so much in this book to process.
Written with so much compassion, this book takes us along with patients who are nearing death, many of whom are pursuing the fatal drugs that will allow them to have a choice in their own deaths after a fatal diagnosis.
There are very few states in the US that allow assisted dying, and this book details how the different laws regarding assisted dying can be complex and prohibitive, as well as access to certain medications that can be used in the process.
In America we often look at death as the enemy, as something to avoid. Many people are uncomfortable even mentioning, let alone speaking in detail, about death. The author explains that in order that more discussion and the normalization of death needs to take place in order for society to be overall more compassionate and hopefully allow for more choices regarding our own deaths in our final days.
This feels so essential.
Hannig details her first-hand experience with assisted dying as a hospice volunteer and there is so much in this book to process.
Written with so much compassion, this book takes us along with patients who are nearing death, many of whom are pursuing the fatal drugs that will allow them to have a choice in their own deaths after a fatal diagnosis.
There are very few states in the US that allow assisted dying, and this book details how the different laws regarding assisted dying can be complex and prohibitive, as well as access to certain medications that can be used in the process.
In America we often look at death as the enemy, as something to avoid. Many people are uncomfortable even mentioning, let alone speaking in detail, about death. The author explains that in order that more discussion and the normalization of death needs to take place in order for society to be overall more compassionate and hopefully allow for more choices regarding our own deaths in our final days.
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