title: The Oxford Book of Death
author:  D.J. Enright 
description: <br><em>About the Editor</em>:<br><strong>D.J. Enright</strong>, a well-known poet and critic, has taught at universities in Egypt, England, Japan, Germany, Thailand, and Singapore. His books include <em>Shakespeare and the Students, The Oxford Book of Contemporary Verse 1945-1980,</em> and <em>Collected Poems.</em><br>
zlib_text: Praise for FINAL EXIT
  “No decent human being would allow an animal to suﬀer
  without putting it out of its misery. It is only to human
  beings that human beings are so cruel as to allow them to
  live on in pain, in hopelessness, in living death, without
  moving a muscle to help them. It is against such attitudes
  that this book ﬁghts.”
   
  – Isaac Asimov
  “An 
  important 
  indictment 
  of 
  medical 
  practice, 
  legal
  judgment, and of the culture at large for failing to ﬁnd a way
  to protect people against unwanted suﬀering and lingering
  death in the company of strangers…This book deserves
  extensive publicity and consideration for what it means to
  respect people’s choices about dying.”
   
  – American Journal of Law and Medicine
  “Some people want to eke out every second of life – no
  matter how grim – and that is their right. But others do not.
  And that should be their right.”
   
  – Betty Rollin, author of First, You Cry and Last Wish
  “Nobody else could have done this book. It’s the ﬁrst of its
  kind in Ame