Fixin' to Die: A Compassionate Guide to Committing Suicide or Staying Alive [Paperback]

This book is a guide to making and carrying out the psychological decision to kill oneself or, if one so decide, to continue living. It focuses on the decision to commit suicide than on the decision to continue living.INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 -- The Aim Of This Book -- CHAPTER 2 -- Who Is David Lester And Why Is He Writing This Book -- CHAPTER 3 -- What If You Are Suicidal But Do Not Want To -- Kill Y ourself? -- SOME POINTS TO PONDER -- CHAPTER 4 -- How Do You Want To D ie? -- CHAPTER 5 -- Can It Be Rational To Kill Yourself? -- CHAPTER 6 -- Is Suicide A Rational Decision Only If Youre Dying? -- CHAPTER 7 -- Isnt Suicide Im m oral? -- CHAPTER 8 -- Assisted Or Unassisted Suicide? -- CHAPTER 9 -- What About The Law ? -- CHAPTER 10 -- If A Loved One Commits Suicide -- CHAPTER 11 -- Preparing For Death: Some Simple Tasks -- THE DECISION TO DIE -- CHAPTER 12 -- Making The Psychological Decision Whether Or Not To -- Commit Suicide -- CHAPTER 13 -- Getting The Family Involved -- CHAPTER 14 -- Planning Your Death Ceremony -- Bibliography -- Index.This book is a guide to making and carrying out the psychological decision to kill oneself or, if one so decide, to continue living. It focuses on the decision to commit suicide than on the decision to continue living.USCopyright ? 2003 by Taylor & Francis