Unplugged: Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America

by William H. Colby

Book Overview

Medical technology has helped mankind conquer tuberculosis, polio, and countless other once certain-death diseases. It has given us hope against cancer and AIDS, allowed heart and brain surgeries that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814408826
• ISBN13: 9780814408827
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: AMACOM/American Management Association
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

A Book for Everyone

"Unplugged" is a book everyone who is going to die should read. It tells you what you need to do to make sure your wishes are respected when it comes to end-of-life decisions. Doing that will spare your loved ones unnecessary anguish. This book, believe it or not, is an engaging page turner and my 90-year-old mother just read it. We took its advice, talked about her wishes, and she now has a notarized health care power-of-attorney, giving us both much peace of mind. All this thanks to Colby's wonderfully written, timely, important book.

A great read ... packed with helpful information

"Unplugged" is superbly written and thoroughly researched. Colby provides an unbiased perspective on complex legal, medical, and ethical issues in terms easily understood by both the lay person and professional. This book is invaluable for anyone who cares about how they or their loved ones experience life - and death.

Great Bookl

I found this book to be a page turner, which is a delightful find with a serious subject. It's also balanced, and does not judge either the right or the left. I am recommending to friends.

First Rate

Terrific reading, written with compelling pace and clarity. It crosses genres from history to reflective social action, and may be the most important self-help book of recent times. A great primer for must-have discussions at family gatherings, coffee klatches, and book clubs.

great book....recommend read for all

Of all the books written about the right-to-die in our country this is by far one of the best. Written by the lawyer for Nancy Cruzan, it is a thoughtful, unbiased, and informative book that addresses all the issues surrounding the right-to-die. It looks at both sides of the issues and doesn't take sides (unlike the recent books written by the Schindler and Shiavo families and others surrounding the Terri Schiavo case). It enables the reader to come to their own conclusions on the issue without being preachy. A must read for everyone.......if I could give 6 stars I would!