The right to die debate, a documentary history, edited by Marjorie B. Zucker
Type
Label
The right to die debate, a documentary history, edited by Marjorie B. Zucker
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The right to die debate
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
40698454
Responsibility statement
edited by Marjorie B. Zucker
Series statement
Primary documents in American history and contemporary issues,, 1069-5605
Sub title
a documentary history
Table Of Contents
Death and how we face it -- Some literature about death -- Definitions of death -- Responses to the reality of death -- Medical advances, care of the dying, and the euthanasia movement before 1952 -- Death in the nineteenth century -- Mortality, 1900-1950 -- The early euthanasia movement -- The euthanasia movement in Great Britain and the United States -- Attempts to legalize euthanasia in the United States -- Opposition to the euthanasia movement -- Mercy killings -- Changes in medical care and the way we die: the euthanasia movement, 1953-1965 -- Advance directives: their legalization and implementation -- The original living will -- Medical power of attorney: health care agent appointed by the patient -- Federal law relating to advance directives -- The role of the courts in end-of-life decision making -- Suicide, assisted suicide, and euthanasia -- Attempts to legalize physician-assisted suicide -- Palliative care