Book Reviews

Sarah’s Last Wish Reviewed by Daan Spijer

Sarah’s Last Wish: a chilling glimpse into forced medicine 

Eve Hillary 

2010 

ISBN: 9780980662900 

$29.95 

348 pp with images + references 

I have found this book very difficult to read, because it is so well written.  It is the subject of the book that has gripped me by the throat and made breathing difficult.  Eve Hillary is a masterful storyteller and this book is a fine tribute to a courageous girl and her family and a powerful condemnation of professional incompetence and negligence, unethical behaviour and bureaucratic excesses. 

Sarah died, aged thirteen, on 25 October 2004, the victim of a system which was originally set up to support children like her.  It is arguable that the system hastened her death.  It is not arguable that the system utterly failed her and her family...continue reading at www.thinking-allowed.com.au 

Mr Daan Spijer LLB is an award winning writer and past CEO of the Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine.

Daan's blog is here: http://www.thinking-allowed.com.au/2010/06/15/sarahs-last-wish/#more-648 .

Daan's Website: www.thinking-allowed.com.au

Sarah’s Last Wish Reviewed by  Maggie Dent

Book of the Month

Sarah’s Last Wish: A Chilling Glimpse into Forced Medicine

By Eve Hillary

This is a chilling story of one family’s scary journey through the minefield of government red tape and an inflexible medical system. You will taste the frustration of the family and you will love Sarah – their brave daughter – and you will learn so much about living with a life threatening illness, rather than dying with cancer. This must NEVER happen again in Australia or anywhere in the world. A must read. In book stores now. 

ISBN:978-0-9806629-0-0

Visit the web site www.sarahs-last-wish.com.au

Maggie Dent is an author, parenting and resilience specialist and inspirational presenter. Her website is: www.maggiedent.com

Sarah’s Last Wish Reviewed by the Complementary Medicine Association

BOOK REVIEW 

by Crystal Clark NDMCMA(Director) 

Sarah’s Last Wish by Eve Hillary 

Reading Sarah’s Last Wish has been an unforgettable experience for me. It is as the author describes “A chilling glimpse into forced medicine”.

This book invoked feelings in me that I find hard to describe.

The injustices done here were appalling.

Reader's Feedback 

--- 'On my wife's urging I read Sarah's Last Wish. I started it late one night, thinking I would make her happy and read a few pages until I fell asleep. How wrong I was. It read like a medical thriller and I couldn't put it down. It certainly changed my attitude and no doubt its sheer power and scope will bring about positive changes to a western healthcare system in urgent need of reform.'

John Ainsworth, London UK

---'I never knew there was such a thing as forced medicine and forced surgery until I read this book. If Sarah's wish came true, it would be a better world. No doubt about it. If anything could get people motivated to work together to improve health care, then this book would be it.'

Mrs.D. Selles, Coffs Harbour