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The right to die debate : a documentary history /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Zucker, Marjorie B. (Marjorie Bass), 1919-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
Series:Primary documents in American history and contemporary issues.
Subjects:
Right to die > Moral and ethical aspects > History.
Euthanasia > Moral and ethical aspects > History.
Death > Social aspects > History.
Terminal care > Moral and ethical aspects > History.
Right to Die > history.
Ethics, Medical > history.
Euthanasia > history.
Terminal Care > history.
Table of Contents:
  • Death and how we face it
  • Some literature about death
  • Definitions of death
  • Responses to the reality of death
  • Medical advances, care of the dying, and the euthanasia movement before 1952
  • Death in the nineteenth century
  • Mortality, 1900-1950
  • The early euthanasia movement
  • The euthanasia movement in Great Britain and the United States
  • Attempts to legalize euthanasia in the United States
  • Opposition to the euthanasia movement
  • Mercy killings
  • Changes in medical care and the way we die: the euthanasia movement, 1953-1965
  • Advance directives: their legalization and implementation
  • The original living will
  • Medical power of attorney: health care agent appointed by the patient
  • Federal law relating to advance directives
  • The role of the courts in end-of-life decision making
  • Suicide, assisted suicide, and euthanasia
  • Attempts to legalize physician-assisted suicide
  • Palliative care.