Dying with Dignity: A Legal Approach to Assisted Death

Providing a thorough, well-researched investigation of the socio-legal issues surrounding medically assisted death for the past century, this book traces the origins of the controversy and discusses the future of policymaking in this arena domestically and abroad. * Provides comprehensive, well-researched, and accessible information on a timely and controversial topic * Presents a socio-legal explanation rather than a simple description of the emergence and evolution of the legal concepts involved with medically assisted death * Offers invaluable historical perspective for academics in the fields of sociology, criminal justice, law, and related disciplines as well as practitioners who deal with end-of-life decision-making and lay readers