{"product_id":"9781443435987_a-good-death","title":"A Good Death","description":"\u003cp\u003eHaving a good death is our final human right, argues Sandra Martin in this updated and expanded version of her bestselling and award-winning social history of the right to die movement in Canada and around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, finalist for both the Donner Prize in Public Policy and the Dafoe Prize for History, A Good Death has a new chapter on Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying Law.  The law allows mentally competent adults, who are suffering grievously from incurable conditions, to ask for a doctor’s help in ending their lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoes the law go far enough? No, says Martin. She delivers compelling stories about the patients the law ignores: people with life-crushing diseases who are condemned to suffer because their natural deaths are not reasonably foreseeable. With a clear analytical eye, she exposes the law’s shortcomings and outlines constitutional challenges, including the presumed right of publicly-funded faith-based institutions to deny suffering patients a legal medical service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin argues that Canada can set an example for the world if it can strike a balance between compassion for the suffering and protection of the vulnerable, between individual choice and social responsibility. \u003cem\u003eA Good Death\u003c\/em\u003e asks the tough question none of us can avoid: How do you want to die? The answer will change your life—and your death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[An] excellent new book. . . .The timeliness is hard to overstate.” —\u003cem\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What truly distinguishes this book is the reportage on individuals and families who have fought to arrange for a better death. . . . These first-hand experiences are the beating heart of a timely and powerful examination.” —2017 BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction Jury Citation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sandra Martin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47006996103317,"sku":"9781443435987","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781443435987.png?v=1777422797","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781443435987_a-good-death","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}