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1) Mercy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cameron MacDonald is both the chief of police in the Massachusetts village of Wheelock and the reluctant figurehead chieftain of the MacDonald clan, which immigrated there in the late 1700s. Thus it is to Cam that his cousin Jamie turns after he accedes to his suffering wife's wish and helps her to die. Cam, who longs to travel and free himself from his family obligation, arrests Jamie for first-degree murder but then hires a lawyer for him. On that...
Author
Language
English
Description
A New York psychiatrist recounts her mother's death for which she was arrested. At the time, Dr. Ellen Gulden was accused of killing her mother with an overdose of morphine, a charge in part based on a high school essay in which she advocated euthanasia. By the author of Object Lessons.
3) Kill me
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
What if you could choose when to die? But once you decide, you can't change your mind. Ever. No matter what. Welcome to the next step in the evolution of suspense fiction. Kill Me is a brilliantly conceived roller-coaster ride that zeros in on some of the most provocative issues of our time.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel, who suffers from severe cerebral palsy and cannot function, relates his perceptions of his life, his family, and his condition, especially as he believes his father is planning to kill him.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A riveting, incisive, and wide-ranging book about the Right to Die movement, and the doctors, patients, and activists at the heart of this increasingly urgent issue. As much of the world's population grows older, the quest for a "good death," has become a significant issue. For many, the right to die often means the right to die with dignity. The Inevitable moves beyond margins of the law to the people who are meticulously planning their final hours-far...
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Four female mercenaries known as Boneless Mercies, weary of roaming Vorseland, ignored and forgotten until they are needed for mercy killings, decide to seek glory by going after a legendary monster in this reimagining of Beowulf.
11) Assisted suicide
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Explores the legal and ethical debate surrounding assisted suicide, explaining what it is and how the American legal system is trying to stop the practice.
15) Euthanasia
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Examines some fundamental issues realted to euthanasia and the practice of assisted suicide. It explains euthanasia in its various forms, provides information on the "right-to-die movement," and explores some alternatives to euthanasia.--
16) Euthanasia
Author
Publisher
Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
19) The right to die
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Argues both sides of the debate on assisted suicide and euthanasia.
20) The right to die
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
A series of controversial essays that debate issues related to a person's right to die including such cases as Karen Ann Quinlan in 1976, Terri Schiavo in 2005, and the trial of Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
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