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By Lonny Shavelson. 240 pp. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1995. $23. ISBN 0-684-80100-0.

The personality and varied talents of the author — as journalist, photographer, and emergency room physician — are evident in this remarkable book, which presents moving and thought-provoking accounts of assisted death and the decisions faced by five people. These detailed stories of the ending of life, in which the author plays the parts of witness, confidant, and participant, show the complexity and moral ambiguity of assisted death.

Shavelson's book challenges the simplistic thinking characteristic of much of the debate on this subject. On the one hand, the claim that those who resort to this option are taking the easy . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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