When Is It Right to Die?

Tada, Joni Eareckson. When Is It Right to Die? Grand Rapids, Mich. :Zondervan Publishing House, 1992.

At some point, a family will stand by the bedside of a dying member and face strange and cold questions: Can't we just let her die? What about all these tubes? Won't someone show me what to do? This book is for people who need to find those answers. With rapidly advancing medical technology, more people are living with debilitating or severely disabling conditions. And more people are faced with suicidal despair. This book prepares such people to face the inevitable question: why live?

The author has been totally paralyzed from the neck down since 1967. In this book she attempts to offer comfort...