A GOOD DEATH

The Good Death confronts our fears about dying, charts our declining belief in a spiritual or religious afterlife, exposes how medical technology is making death more prolonged and unnatural than at any time in recorded history and asks the tough question that many avoid, but all must face: How do I want to die?

Aging boomers are part of a growing number of people whose stories are being shared in a grassroots surge to challenge the law against assisted suicide. They have watched their parents struggle with dementia and metastasized cancers, enduring painful and futile treatments, and they are determined to avoid that fate. It's a movement that pits compassion against
orthodoxy, the right to die against unwavering reverence for life and secularism against religious dogma and cultural traditions. Modern death is a wrenching political dilemma that becomes more pressing as the population ages. Having influenced so many other lifestyle choices, oomers,
and an increasing number of us, want to control the ultimate decision: the manner of our own deaths.