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By Melvin I. Urofsky. 204 pp., New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993. $22.50. ISBN 0-684-19344-2.
By Norman L. Cantor. 209 pp. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1993. $24.95. ISBN 0-253-31304-X.

The growing complexity of the process of dying in an age of sophisticated medical technology has been very good for business recently -- the publishing business, that is. A tremendous spate of books, not to mention journal articles, has been issued in the past several years, discussing from a variety of perspectives the legal and ethical implications of medical decision making for seriously ill persons. Even in this increasingly crowded market, two new entries merit close attention.

Letting Go and Advance Directives and the Pursuit of Death with Dignity possess a number of similarities. Both are intended for an audience . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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