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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ball, Howard, 1937-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
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.
Right to Die > legislation & jurisprudence > United States.
Euthanasia > legislation & jurisprudence > United States.
Persistent Vegetative State > United States.
Suicide, Assisted > legislation & jurisprudence > United States.
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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.