If that ever happens to me:making life and death decisions after Terri Schiavo
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Published: |
University of North Carolina Press,
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Publisher Address: | Chapel Hill |
Publication Dates: | 2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Studies in social medicine |
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Carrier Form: | x, 222 p.: ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780807832950 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807832952 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | R |
CLC: |
R-052 R48 |
Call Number: | R48/S548 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-213) and index. Disorders of consciousness and the permanent vegetative state -- Legal and political wrangling over Terri's life -- In context--law and ethics -- Terri's wishes -- The limits of evidence -- The implications of surrogacy -- Qualities of life -- Feeding -- The preservation of life -- Respect and care : an alternative framework. |