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Rollin, Betty 1985 Last Wish, Simon & Schuster
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■Rollin, Betty 1985 Last Wish, Simon & Schuster, Paperback: 272 pages, Publisher: PublicAffairs (August 28, 1998) ISBN-10: 1891620010 ISBN-13: 978-1891620010 [amazon]=19860300 長岡 沙里 訳,『最後の願い』,二見書房, 329p. ISBN-10: 4576860488 ISBN-13: 978-4576860480 1200 [amazon] ※ d01.et.

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「お母さんを死なせて」全米が「死ぬ権利」で涙した異色のベストセラー! 母と娘の愛と死の手記!

■目次

第1章 たくさんの「子ども」たち
第2章 母のすてきなボーイフレンド
第3章 このやっかいな病気
第4章 なんのための希望だろう?
第5章 シルバーマン家のアイダ
第6章 母親であること、娘であること
第7章 つかのまの平安
第8章 再発して…
第9章 生きるための苦闘
第10章 絶えまなく襲う痛み
第11章 「終わり」になるといいね
第12章 母の初めての涙
第13章 あとは悪くなるだけ
第14章 母の願いは死ぬこと
第15章 出口はどこにあるの?
第16章 恐怖の火曜日
第17章 誰か、死ぬ方法を教えて
第18章 アムステルダムからの電話
第19章 希望の黄色いカプセル
第20章 旅立ちへの準備
第21章 結婚指輪をはずして…
第22章 母の最後の願い

Book Description
Publication Date: August 28, 1998
At a time when tempers flare over the Oregon assisted suicide law and Jack Kevorkian's physician-aid-in-dying, Last Wish, Betty Rollin's groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, is due for a rereading. Last Wish is an intimate, fiercely honest memoir of a daughter's struggle to come to terms with her terminally ill mother's decision to die. More than a examination of the ethical, spiritual, and technical aspects of assisted suicide, Last Wish is also a celebration of Rollin's imperfect family, a passionate testament to her mother's character and courage, and a compelling argument for the right of the terminally ill to a humane and dignified death. The PublicAffairs paperback edition includes a new foreword, questions for thought and discussion, and a helpful resource guide.
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Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal
In this book TV journalist Rollin chronicles her mother's two-and-a-half year illness with ovarian cancer, from the diagnosis to her decision to end her unrelenting pain and nausea through suicide. The details of Rollin's role in helping to carry out her mother's last wish by providing information, support, and the means necessary to act upon the decision are widely known through prepublication media coverage. As in her earlier book, First You Cry (1976), about her own breast cancer and mastectomy, Rollin's crisp reportorial writing contrasts sharply with the painfully personal and highly controversial subject matter. Because of the publicity surrounding its release and the current interest in euthanasia, Last Wish is sure to be requested often. BOMC featured alternate. Karen McNally Bensing, Metropolitan General Hospital Lib., Cleveland
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
"The book is not really about death. It is, instead, a loving tribute to Mrs. Rollin's spirited progress through life" (Baltimore Sun) "One of the most remarkable testiments of our time, a document of personal compassion and public importance. . . .It embraces you and makes you want to embrace the writer for her courage in both the act and its recounting." (Cosmopolitan) "Searing...an extraordinary story of love tested to its limits. It reads like a thriller-only better, because thrillers rarely achieve the kind of pathos and humanity of Rollin's story." (Detroit Free Press) "Brilliant." (New York Post) "A story told with compassion, anger, humor, and most importantly, profound love." -- San Diego Tribune
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