Preface Acknowledgements Chapter One: A Fate Worse Than Death: Challenging the Legal Treatment of Dying Chapter Two: Death with Dignity: The Early States, 1991-1992 Chapter Three: Passage of the Oregon Death With Dignity Act Chapter Four: A Movement to Repeal the Oregon Death With Dignity Act Chapter Five: Compassion in Dying: The Assisted Suicide Test Case Chapter Six: Building the Safe Harbor: The Implementation of the Oregon Death With Dignity Act Chapter Seven: Death With Dignity in Other States and Other Countries Chapter Eight: The Good Death: Contesting Moral Boundaries References Index
John Dombrink is a Professor in the Department of Criminology,
Law and Society at the University of California Irvine.
Daniel Hillyard is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of
Criminology Law and Society at the University of California
Irvine.
"Dying Right succeeds beautifully in telling the story of the
people involved in the death with dignity movements and the events
that engulfed them. Events are considered within the broader
ethical, religious, and political contexts of the time, and from
the viewpoint of current sociological and political theory.
Particularly compelling are the authors' analyses of how the two
sides attempted to frame the issues to coincide with (differing)
prevailing values in the culture (e.g., 'personal autonomy' vs. 'it
will be abused') and of each camp's strategies to identify publicly
with the moral high ground while painting the opponent as deviant."
-- Contemporary Sociology
"The writing is clear and the case that Hillyard and Dombrink
assemble is persuasive." -- Virginia Quarterly Review
"Dying Right fills a void in the literature on the 'right to die'
movement by providing a trenchant analysis and recounting of the
evolution of a popular notion into social reform and legal action.
Anyone professionally or personally concerned with the issue of
physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia will find this an
exceptionally informative work." -- Jonathan D. Moreno, Center for
Biomedical Ethics, University of Virginia
"Dying Right is a rich and well-researched account of one aspect of
this struggle, the debate over physician-assisted suicide for the
terminally-ill...Dying Right offerse insights along the way into
such varied concerns as the role of issue framing in politics, the
medicalization of American life, the ongoing contest for power
between doctors and patients, the politics of deviance, and
American rights consciousness." -- The Law and Politics Book
Review
"For anyone seeking to understand an increasingly salient aspect of
politics, the politics of death, Dying Right is an invaluable
source." -- The Law and Politics Book Review
"In their exploration of the history of the assisted suicide
movement, Hillyard and Dombrink-both sociologist of law-show the
changing contours of the perception of death in the last 40 years
in the United States. The book mostly focuses on the ultimately
successful campaign in Oregon to get physician assisted suicide
legalized. They trace the shift in public opinion while examining
the savvy strategizing by the proponents. In addition, they
extrapolate from the Oregon case in the United States and abroad to
show how there is a growing reaction to and dissatisfaction with
the ascendance of the medical establishment at the expense of the
individual or patient. The writing is clear and the case that
Hillyard and Dombrink assemble is persuasive. At the same time,
their pro-death with dignity stance is apparent and hardly
interrogated." -- The Virginia Quarterly Review, Winter 2002
"This carefully developed study taje us into the whole discussion
of death and the death with dignity movement. It was informative,
explored issued, documented history, and stayed clear of the
politics of it all. It gives good information and concludes with
the discussion of how we are to change the moral boundaries to
effect the good death...extensive resource information included."
-- The World Pastoral Center, Resources Hotline
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