By Neal Nicol and Harry Wylie. 273 pp., illustrated. Madison, WI, Terrace Books, 2006. $27.95. ISBN 978-0-299-21710-5.
For decades, end-of-life decision making, and euthanasia inparticular, has been a highly contested topic — not onlyin the fields of bioethics and medicine, but also in societyin general. The debate involves various actors. It has its iconsand symbols, like Nancy Cruzan and Terry Schiavo, who were maintainedin a persistent vegetative state; Ramón Sampedro, whowas paralyzed from the neck down in a diving accident and foughtfor almost 30 years for his right to die; and several well-knowndoctors. Perhaps the most disputed figure in this debate isJack Kevorkian, the subject of Between the . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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