Sandra Martin, an award winning journalist and broadcaster, writes The Long Goodbye column for The Globe and Mail. Her previous books include Working the Dead Beat: 50 Lives that Changed Canada, The First Man in My Life: Daughters Write about Their Fathers and Card Tricks: Bankers Boomers and the Explosion of Plastic Credit.
A timely & deeply felt account of assisted dying: the histories, the issues. -- Margaret Atwood via @AtwoodA must read on this profoundly important topic, with no stone left unturned, no matter how painful or raw the issues. -- Svend Robinson, NDP MP 1979-2004Sandra Martin frankly challenges us to confront death. Through A Good Death, we learn about the people who helped shape our assisted death revolution. We are drawn deep into the complex medical, legal, and social realities of dying in Canada--and we will be the better for it. -- Jocelyn Downie, Professor, Law and Medicine, Dalhousie University; Trudeau Fellow 2015Sandra Martin, Canada's most eloquent obituary writer, brings her exquisite insight to the inescapable challenge of our lives: How to die. Her exploration of the human finale, including eldercare, assisted suicide, and spiritual reconciliation, help demystify the inevitable and prod us to live more profoundly. -- Paula Todd, author of A Quiet Courage: Inspiring Stories From All of Us"There is a powerful, penetrating message: A good death should be considered a human right, and how we die the final choice each of us makes in life." -- Andr� Picard, health columnist for The Globe and Mail and author of The Gift of Death: Confronting Canada's Tainted Blood Tragedy
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