Research Catalog

Title

Come lovely and soothing death : the right to die movement in the United States / Elaine Fox, Jeffrey J. Kamakahi, Stella M. Capek.

Author

Fox, Elaine.

Publication

New York : Twayne Publishers, c1999.

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Additional Authors

• Kamakahi, Jeffrey J.
• Čapek, Stella M., 1953-

Description

xviii, 216 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

"Despite increasing media visibility and growing public support for euthanasia in the United States, the right to die movement has not, until now, received systematic sociological attention. In Come Lovely and Soothing Death, Fox, Kamakahi, and Capek trace the emergence from the 1930s, the evolution, and the contemporary activities of the movement, and explore the sociocultural circumstances that produce scenarios where individuals face criminal sanctions for engaging in active euthanasia ("assisted suicide")." "Come Lovely and Soothing Death is a valuable resource for scholars and students of sociology and social policy, and for anyone interested in the right to die, physician assisted suicide, or social movements."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Social movements past and present

Uniform Title

Social movements past and present.

Alternative Title

Right to die movement in the United States

Subject

• Euthanasia > Social aspects > United States
• Hemlock Society U.S.A
• Organizations
• Right to Die
• Right to die > Social aspects > United States
• Social Change
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-203) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

An act of euthanasia -- The emergence of a right to die movement -- Medical technology: friend and foe -- The Hemlock Society in transition -- Survey of the Hemlock Society USA -- A changing landscape -- The right to die at home and abroad -- Studying the right to die movement sociologically.

ISBN

0805716459 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^99029556^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library