‘The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die’ by Katie Engelhart
The right to die should be left up to the individual. SImple as that. I don’t need an entire book about it.
Sure there are things I did not know about like people buying the medicine from China or Mexico. Or a how to book being produced.
While the book explains situations and follows people and gives clear examples let me just say I had no issues with that.
The issue I have is the jab at politics. For example: on page 82 it’s empathized that ‘…the virulently racist and anti-immigrant populist Geert Wilders….’ How does a comment like that help with the argument? Why not just refer to him as Geert Wilders of the populist party? It’s almost like the author wanted to show her dislike for certain individuals.
And of course more anti-Trump. Why on earth do you bring up anti-Trump in a book that has nothing to do with Trump? Sure it’s a patient that brings him up but you as the author or even the editor can say that such a moment does not fit in the book?
One big issue missing from the book is where is the outright and anger that the insurance and drug companies raise the drug prices on American’s who already pay far too much for drugs?
Not only do we get treated to political propaganda the book flip-flops at the end.
It’s stated that the right to die could give insurance companies a reason to no longer cover people. Yet towards the end of the book, Sarah Palin’s comment on death panels is criticized and called incorrect?
So which one is it?
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