The Inevitable

Stories of Life, Choice and the Right to Die

Katie Engelhart

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Atlantic Books
01 March 2022

Ethical issues: euthanasia & right to die; Sociology: death & dying; Medical ethics & professional conduct; Coping with death & bereavement

'Powerful and moving. Engelhart recounts the stories of those she meets with humanity and grace.' - Louis Theroux

Meet Adam. He's twenty-seven years old, articulate and attractive. He also wants to die. Should he be helped? And by whom?

In The Inevitable, award-winning journalist Katie Engelhart explores one of our most abiding taboos: assisted dying. From Avril, the 80-year-old British woman illegally importing pentobarbital, to the Australian doctor dispensing suicide manuals online, Engelhart travels the world to hear the stories of those on the quest for a 'good death'.

At once intensely troubling and profoundly moving, The Inevitable interrogates our most uncomfortable moral questions. Should a young woman facing imminent paralysis be allowed to end her life with a doctor's help? Should we be free to die painlessly before dementia takes our mind? Or to choose death over old age? A deeply reported portrait of everyday people struggling to make impossible decisions, The Inevitable sheds crucial light on what it means to flourish, live and die.

By: Katie Engelhart
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 317g
ISBN: 9781786495662
ISBN 10: 178649566X
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 March 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

0: Introduction 1: Modern Medicine 2: Age 3: Body 4: Memory 5: Mind 6: Freedom 7: The End

Katie Engelhart is a reporter and documentary film producer from Toronto and based in New York City. She is also a National Fellow at New America. Katie has worked as a correspondent for VICE News, based in London, and NBC News in New York. Her writing has appeared far and wide. Formerly, she was a graduate student of history and philosophy at Oxford University. This is her first book.

Reviews for The Inevitable: Stories of Life, Choice and the Right to Die

'There's plenty of compassion, plenty of nuance and plenty of complex thought. Engelhart is a skilled storyteller... Her brilliant book should be prescribed to all those who thinkthey have a clear view [on the right to die].' - Sunday Times 'Powerful and moving. Engelhart recounts the stories of those she meets with humanity and grace.' - Louis Theroux, bestselling author of Gotta Get Theroux This 'Deeply researched and beautifully reported... [Engelhart] writes compassionately of her subjects' struggles.' - The Economist 'A brilliantly sensitive and deeply moving account of assisted dying.' - Stephen Westaby, Sunday Times bestselling author of Fragile Lives