The right to die : a reference handbook /

"The Right to Die: A Reference Handbook provides a complete examination of right-to-die issues in the United States that dissects the complex arguments for and against a person's liberty to receive a physician's assistance to hasten death. It covers the legal aspects and the politics...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ball, Howard, 1937- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]
Colección:Contemporary world issues.
Temas:
Right to die > United States.
Euthanasia > United States.
Right to die.
Right to Die
Droit à la mort > États-Unis.
Euthanasie > États-Unis.
Droit à la mort.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Death & Dying.
Euthanasia.
United States
United States.
Electronic books.
Handbook
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Background and History
  • Introduction
  • Changes in How We Die
  • The Changing Doctor-Patient Relationship
  • The First Efforts to Pass Euthanasia Bills in America
  • The Medicalization of Death
  • The Basic Arguments Supporting and Opposing PAD
  • The Arguments of Supporters of PAD
  • The Major Groups Supporting PAD
  • Doctors as "Indiscriminate Zealots"
  • The Conventional Physician/Supporter of PAD
  • Professional Medical Groups Supportive of PAD
  • Nonmedical Groups Supporting PAD
  • The Two Major PAD Pressure Groups
  • The Alternatives Available to Terminally Ill Patients if PAD Is Not Legal
  • Becoming a "Death Tourist,"
  • The Arguments in Opposition to PAD
  • Religious Groups Opposed to PAD
  • Medical Groups Opposed to PAD
  • Vulnerable Groups' Opposition to PAD
  • Not Dead Yet: The Disabled Community's Vocal Advocate
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Problems, Controversies, and Solutions
  • Introduction
  • The Right to Die Battle in the Courts
  • The PVS Cases: The Initial Judicial Foray into the Contemporary Right to Die Controversy
  • The Central Role of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Right to Die Controversy
  • Efforts to Pass Right to Die Legislation: 1990-2016
  • The Oregon Story, 1994-2006
  • The Unsuccessful State Efforts after 1997
  • Washington State's Battles to Pass a PAD Initiative, 1991-2008
  • The Vermont Effort to Pass a PAD Law, 2003-2015
  • California's Odyssey to the Passage of the End of Life Option Act, 1992-2015
  • The Role of State Courts in the Right to Die Controversy
  • Baxter v. Montana (2009)
  • Morris v. New Mexico (2014-2016)
  • Some Unresolved Problems Linked with Aid in Dying
  • Fears
  • The Patient-Doctor Relationship
  • Trust and Mistrust in the Health Care System
  • The Semantic Problem
  • The Supreme Court and the Constitution
  • The "To Be Terminal, or Not to Be 'Terminal' " Problem: An Example of the Slippery Slope?
  • The Right to Die Dilemma: Is There a Solution?
  • The Resolvable Problems
  • The Unbending Problem
  • References
  • Perspectives
  • Is There a Right to Die? / Robert D. Orr
  • My Life Is Mine by Stanley Greenberg and Kay Stambler
  • The Campaign to Pass the Patient Choice at End of Life Bill in Vermont / Dick and Ginny Walters
  • Why Disability Rights Advocates Oppose Assisted Suicide / Diane Coleman
  • The Canadian Journey to Medical Assistance in Dying / Sister Nuala Patricia Kenny
  • Physician-Assisted Death as a Legally Available Last Resort Option / Timothy E. Quill
  • Death with Dignity, 2016 / E. James Lieberman
  • Medical Futility, Then and Now / Barron H. Lerner
  • Profiles
  • Introduction
  • Individuals Supporting Death with Dignity Laws
  • Marcia Angell
  • Margaret P. Battin
  • Gerald Dworkin
  • Linda Ganzini
  • Booth Gardner
  • Stephen Hawking
  • Derek Humphry
  • Jack Kevorkian
  • Barbara Coombs Lee
  • Barron H. Lerner
  • Brittney Maynard
  • Philip Nitschke
  • Timothy E. Quill
  • Eli D. Stutsman
  • Katheryn L. Tucker
  • Dick and Ginny Walters
  • Samuel D. Williams
  • Individuals opposed to death with dignity laws
  • Organizations supporting death with dignity laws
  • Organizations opposed to death with dignity laws
  • Data and documents
  • Data
  • Top 10 causes of death in America (1850
  • 2015)
  • Legislation on assisting suicide (2015)
  • National public opinion polls on death with dignity (2014)
  • Characteristics of those who used the ODWDA in 2015
  • Characteristics of Oregon patients using ODWDA: cumulative data (1998-2014)
  • Family members' view on why patients requested physician-assisted death (2004-2006)
  • Documents
  • Summary of the 1994 Oregon death with dignity act (ODWDA): requirements
  • Janet Reno's statement about ODWDA and the CSA (1998)
  • John Ashcroft's memorandum regarding dispensing of controlled substances to assist suicide (2001)
  • Pope John Paul II's address, "Life-sustaining treatments and vegetative state: scientific advances and ethical dilemmas" (2004)
  • President George W. Bush's signing statement on the Terri Schiavo Case (2005)
  • Pope Francis's address "False Compassion": (2014)
  • Excerpt from "Dear Brittany": Letter from a terminal brain cancer patient (2014)
  • Brittany Maynard's farewell facebook message (2014)
  • Excerpts from U.S. Constitution
  • Cases impacting the right to die (excerpts)
  • Resources
  • Introduction
  • Books
  • Articles
  • Right to Die legislation
  • Reports
  • Some organizations supporting right to die legislation
  • Chronology.

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