Undoing Suicidism: A Trans, Queer, Crip Approach to Rethinking (Assisted) Suicide by Alexandre Baril

Authors

  • Juergen Dankwort West Virginia University Research Center on Violence, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States; Institute on Violence and Social Injustice, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6007-3031

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7202/1124218ar

Keywords:

suicide prevention, assisted dying, health policy

Language(s):

English

Abstract

There is no more compelling a current issue than critically examining the topics of suicide prevention and assisted suicide. That has been exceptionally accomplished by Alexandre Baril in his book Undoing Suicidism: A Trans, Queer, Crip Approach to Rethinking (Assisted) Suicide (2023). While it is unquestionably a major contribution to the field of suicide prevention and assisted dying, remarkably explored in a single book, the author’s thorough and critical reasoning appears to fall short where he explores existing and evolving voluntary assisted suicide approaches in the second part of his revolutionary work.

References

1. Baril A. Undoing Suicidism: A Trans, Queer, Crip Approach to Rethinking (Assisted) Suicide. Philadelphia: Temple University Press; 2023.

2. World Federation of Right to Die Societies. Members.

3. den Hartogh G. Decriminalising assisted suicide services: Bundesverfassungsgericht 26 February 2020, 2BvR 2347/15. European Constitutional Law Review. 2020;16(4):713-32.

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Published

2026-03-16

How to Cite

[1]
Dankwort J. Undoing Suicidism: A Trans, Queer, Crip Approach to Rethinking (Assisted) Suicide by Alexandre Baril. Can. J. Bioeth 2026;9:168-70. https://doi.org/10.7202/1124218ar.

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2026): Open Issue

Section

Book Reviews

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Copyright (c) 2026 Juergen Dankwort

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