Unplugged : reclaiming our right to die in America /

"Based on court records, personal interviews, and a firsthand vantage point, Unplugged chronicles the extraordinary medical advances that allow us to live longer, healthier lives, but can also make it confoundedly difficult to die. Colby discusses current laws and proposed legislation that affe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Colby, William H., 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : AMACOM/American Management Association, ©2006.
Temas:
Terminal care > Moral and ethical aspects.
Right to die > Moral and ethical aspects.
Life and death, Power over > Moral and ethical aspects.
Persistent vegetative state.
Right to Die > ethics
Euthanasia, Passive > ethics
Persistent Vegetative State
Withholding Treatment > ethics
Soins en phase terminale > Aspect moral.
Droit à la mort > Aspect moral.
Pouvoir sur la vie et la mort > Aspect moral.
État végétatif chronique.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Euthanasie.
United States
Verenigde Staten.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Terri Schiavo's private years
  • Terri Schiavo's public years
  • The autopsy of Terri Schiavo
  • The ascent of medical technology
  • The law and the right to die
  • The case of Nancy Cruzan
  • How we die in America today
  • Dying on the "Institutional glide path"
  • In Terri Schiavo's shoes
  • My "living will"
  • Feeding tubes : the hardest question
  • But I believe in the right to life!
  • Special concerns of the disabled community
  • Oregon V. Ashcroft/Gonzales and physician-assisted suicide
  • Hospice: the hidden jewel
  • Where do we go from here?

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