The Day I Die: The Untold Story of Assisted Dying in America

The Day I Die: The Untold Story of Assisted Dying in America

An intimate investigation of assisted dying in America and what it means to determine the end of our lives. In this groundbreaking book, award-winning cultural anthropologist Anita Hannig brings us in…

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