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Dying & death in law & medicine : a forensic primer for health and legal professionals /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berger, Arthur S., 1920-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1993.
Subjects:
Right to Die > United States > legislation.
Terminal Care > United States > legislation.
Table of Contents:
  • Death: issues and the law
  • Death comes alive
  • Dying patient
  • Dying patient: nothing but the truth
  • Dying patient: on the deathbed
  • Right to die
  • Right to die: meanings and strategy
  • Playing God: the issues
  • Last resort
  • Competence and incompetence
  • Advance directives
  • Advance directives and death with dignity
  • Determination of death
  • Defining death
  • Anatomical gifts
  • Gift of life: law and ethics
  • Law: forms and sources
  • Law: forms, systems and procedures
  • Sources of law: how to look them up
  • Death-related statutes and common-law doctrines
  • Guide to the law library.