Part I: the quest for "a good death." "A bomb in the sickroom": the news media and the fight for "death with dignity"
Deified, condoned, vilified, and criminalized: a brief history of euthanasia in western societies
Crisis of authority and the seeds of change
Part II: the shaping power of news: framing of the euthanasia debate. News frames and framing stages in euthanasia coverage
The "bad doctor" and the "good death": news framing of Kevorkian
Results on the ideology of euthanasia news frames
The "right to die" as "good death": implications and conclusions
Appendix A. What's in a name? Definitions and terms used in the debate over euthanasia
Appendix B. Research methods
Appendix C. Euthanasia timeline.