from diane rehm renowned radio host one of the most trusted voices in the nation and best selling author a book of candor and compassion addressing the urgent hotly contested cause of the right to die movement of which she is one of our most inspiring champions soon to be a public television documentary of the same name featuring the author through interviews with terminally ill patients and with physicians ethicists spouses relatives and representatives of those who vigorously oppose the movement rehm gives voice to a broad range of people who are personally linked to the realities of medical aid in dying the book presents the fervent arguments both for and against that are propelling the current debates across the nation about whether to adopt laws allowing those who are dying to put an end to their suffering with characteristic even handedness rehm skillfully shows both sides of the argument providing the full context for this highly divisive issue with a highly personal foreword by john grisham when my time comes is a response to many misconceptions and misrepresentations of end of life care it is a call to action and to conscience and it is an attempt to heal and soothe our hearts reminding us that death too is an integral part of life
diane rehm
knopf publishing group
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