Wesley Smith believes that American medicine 'is changing from a system based on the sanctity of human life into a starkly utilitarian model in which the medically defenseless are seen as having not just a 'right' but a 'duty' to die.' Going behind the current scenes of our health care system, he shows how doctors withdraw desired care based on Futile Care Theory rather than providing it as required by the Hippocratic Oath. Culture of Death is a passionate yet coolly reasoned book by an author who has made 'the new thanatology' his consuming interest.
