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At liberty to die : the battle for death with dignity in America / Howard Ball.

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"Over the past hundred years, average life expectancy in America has nearly doubled, due largely to scientific and medical advances, but also as a consequence of safer working conditions, a heightened awareness of the importance of diet and health, and other factors. Yet while longevity is cele...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Ball, Howard, 1937- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Right to die > Law and legislation > United States.
Assisted suicide > Law and legislation > United States.
Euthanasia > Law and legislation > United States.
Loss of consciousness.
Suicide.
Medical care.
Brain > Diseases.
Human rights.
Social problems.
Central nervous system > Diseases.
Therapeutics.
Sociology.
National health services.
Social control.
Neurologic manifestations of general diseases.
Nervous system > Diseases.
Social sciences.
Human behavior.
Diseases.
Euthanasia.
Right to die.
Persistent vegetative state.
Assisted suicide.
Therapeutics
Suicide
Sociology
Social sciences
Social problems
Social control
Right to die
Persistent vegetative state
Neurologic manifestations of general diseases
Nervous system > Diseases
National health services
Medical care
Loss of consciousness
Human rights
Human behavior
Euthanasia
Diseases
Central nervous system > Diseases
Brain > Diseases
Assisted suicide
Assisted suicide > Law and legislation
Euthanasia > Law and legislation
Right to die > Law and legislation
United States
Table of Contents:
  • The changing nature of death in America
  • The plight of the incompetent patient in a "permanent vegetative state" (PVS)
  • Terri Schiavo's tragic odyssey, 1990-2005
  • What freedom do we have to die with dignity? The U.S. Supreme Court decides, 1997
  • The second path to PAD : passing legislation allowing death with dignity
  • The pioneering PAD states : Oregon and Washington
  • America's transplants.

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