This far and no more

By Andrew H. Malcolm

Subjects: Biography, Attitude to Death, Right to die, Patients, Medical Ethics, Popular Works, Socioeconomic status, Spiritual life, Medical ethics, Euthanasia, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Ethics, Medical, Popular works, New York Times reviewed, Family relationships, Economic conditions, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Social conditions

Description: "It started with a stumble." So begins the author's compelling true account of one woman's ordeal with a debilitating illness that would claim her life. The story of how she and her husband confronted their misfortune is as gripping a story as you will ever read; it also calls into question the whole range of complex problems prompted by the new medical technologies that can extend life -- even beyond the will to live it.