DENIAL OF THE SOUL

Simon & Schuster Audio, New York, 1997.  ISBN 0-671-57648-8.  2 cassette tapes with approx. playing time of 3 hours, still in manufacturer’s shrink wrap, film cut away over bar code on rear.  Read by the author.  ‘… Dr. Peck helps us face the reality of doing “the work of dying” and coming to terms with our own and our loved ones’ mortality.  Through a profound exploration of one of the most explosive issues of our age – euthanasia and the right to die – Dr. Peck poses the questions we should all ask ourselves and helps us determine the spiritual lessons that dying is meant to teach us.  Through compelling stories from Dr. Peck’s own experiences as a physician, he explores core issues that should arise when people face the question of euthanasia for themselves, their loved ones, or society.  A deeply moving meditation on what euthanasia reveals about the status of the soul in our age, Denial of the Soul is a masterwork of grace and scholarship, of meaning and medicine, and of compassion and honesty.’ (from rear box)