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Book SynopsisA riveting, incisive, and wide-ranging book about the Right to Die movement, and the doctors, patients, and activists at the heart of this increasingly urgent issue.
*Finalist for the New York Public Library''s 2022 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism
A remarkably nuanced, empathetic, and well-crafted work of journalism.Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker
More states and countries are passing right-to-die laws that allow the sick and suffering to end their lives at pre-planned moments, with the help of physicians. But The Inevitable moves beyond margins of the law to the people who are meticulously planning their final hoursfar from medical offices, legislative chambers, hospital ethics committees, and polite conversation. Further still, it shines a light on the people who help them: loved ones and, sometimes, clandestine groups on the Internet that together form the euthanasia underground.
Katie Engelhart, a veteran j
