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Joni Eareckson Tada was confronted with these questions not only as she struggled against her own paralysis, but as she sat in her wheelchair by the bedside of her dying father. So much suffering, so much pain, she thought. Why not end it all quickly. Painlessly? More and more people who are terminally ill are choosing assisted suicide. Other groups such as the elderly, the disabled, or even the depressed or suicidal are being swept up into this movement of self deliverance. These are tempting enticements to those who hurt. When is it right to die? Counterbalances such quick fix advice with alternatives of hope, compassion, and death with real dignity. Tada offers to help those who are assisted death measures on their state ballots and wonder when legalized suicide will become a reality. Behind ever booklet printed by a right to die or a right to life group is a family. A family like yours. A disabled person like Joni. In her warm, personal way, Joni takes the reader into the lives of families, the elderly, the disabled, and the terminally ill, and lets them speak about assisted death. What they say is surprising. For those who agonize over the when and the how of dying at the time when assisted suicide is being openly debated, when is it right to die give guidance toward answers that are ethical, appropriate, and right in an age of advanced medical technology, who has not pondered the questions, how do I want to die? Can I control the way I will one day die? This book is for those who want help for the single national issue that will personally touch everyone’s life. Tada doesn’t give pat conclusions. She doesn’t hold to the position of life support when death is imminent. Instead she gives warm comfort from God and her experience and practical help to meet the hard, cold realities for those facing or considering, death. Not a dissertation on ethics, this book is filled with personal stories of real individuals facing life- and –death questions and finding hope.
Hardcover: 189 pages
Publisher: Zondervan; First Edition edition (September 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0310585708
ISBN-13: 978-0310585701
Product Dimensions:  1 x 5.8 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
Average Customer Review:  5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #2,815,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)   #73 in Books > Medical Books > Medicine > Euthanasia   #1129 in Books > Self-Help > Death & Grief > Suicide   #129571 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Politics & Government
Of course this person has right to speak on these subjects and the rest of us to listen. However, she does it with great grace and humility and faith, which makes it an important book.Sad to see it out of print, and this has many important things to say on these vital topics. Her strong quotation from the Bible makes it difficult to sidestep these issues.Her advocacy with these sensitive issues makes this read even more relevant and touching.Find and read and be blessed.
This book can be especially helpful to parents with a handicapped child. Joni Eareckson Tada, well known author and speaker, suffered a permanent spinal injury in a diving accident when she was in her teens. This book, written more than two decades later, addresses the difficult topics of suicide and euthanasia, suffering and mercy. The book is divided into three sections. Part 1. A Time to Live, Part 2. A Time to Choose, and Part 3. A Time to Die. Joni’s story and experiences run through out the book along with stories about others who are handicapped or dying. She offers practical and specific information and help for those who are depressed, considering suicide; those who want to die.She speaks from her Christian faith with a strong belief in God and notes that there is “an intelligence behind moral evil.” He’s the devil. He was called the tempter by Jesus. There is no truth in him and his goal is death. Pg.97. The devil tells us all kinds of lies – “No one cares.” “There’s nothing more to expect from life.” “I can’t live with this depression.” And the biggest life of all, “Nothing awaits me after death.”This book published in 1992 continues to help people with handicaps, people with depression and those who are nearing death. There is excellent information in here from a Christian perspective. Joni’s life is a testimony in itself to the fact that every life has a God given purpose.
When Is It Right to Die?: Suicide, Euthanasia, Suffering, Mercy Bought this book when caring for my mom who was confined to a bed, unable to do anything for herself and could not communicate. This book helped answer some hard questions....good.
Bought used and was glad I pursued the book. Deals with death and dying issues from a conservative Biblical view. As a MS pt. myself and a family member with Alzheimer's I found Biblical answers to end of life questions that assured me when and how one has the right to die. All while not playing God or going against God's will for one's life.
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