“Look at this book and let’s talk,” I imagine people saying. Or, “Read the story on page (X) and know that’s what I envision for myself.”
The more “Final Exit” was condemned, the more people bought it who were not afraid to think about death.
“We have a long way to go to educate the public about choices in dying, about defining ‘life’, and about making the end less agonizing for patients and their families.”
With all the ways to improve MAiD, should RTD advocates be concerned about healthy seniors who say, “I’ve lived long enough?”
A cache of old videos recalls the height of the AIDS crisis and its critical, emotional nexus with the developing right-to-die movement.