The Resource At liberty to die : the battle for death with dignity in America, Howard Ball
At liberty to die : the battle for death with dignity in America, Howard Ball
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- Summary
- "Over the past hundred years, average life expectancy in America has nearly doubled, due largely to scientific and medical advances, but also as a consequence of safer working conditions, a heightened awareness of the importance of diet and health, and other factors. Yet while longevity is celebrated as an achievement in modern civilization, the longer people live, the more likely they are to succumb to chronic, terminal illnesses. In 1900, the average life expectancy was 47 years, with a majority of American deaths attributed to influenza, tuberculosis, pneumonia, or other diseases. In 2000, the average life expectancy was nearly 80 years, and for too many people, these long lifespans included cancer, heart failure, Lou Gehrig's Disease, AIDS, or other fatal illnesses, and with them, came debilitating pain and the loss of a once-full and often independent lifestyle. In this compelling and provocative book, noted legal scholar Howard Ball poses the pressing question: is it appropriate, legally and ethically, for a competent individual to have the liberty to decide how and when to die when faced with a terminal illness? At Liberty to Die charts how, the right of a competent, terminally ill person to die on his or her own terms with the help of a doctor has come deeply embroiled in debates about the relationship between religion, civil liberties, politics, and law in American life. Exploring both the legal rulings and the media frenzies that accompanied the Terry Schiavo case and others like it, Howard Ball contends that despite raging battles in all the states where right to die legislation has been proposed, the opposition to the right to die is intractable in its stance. Combining constitutional analysis, legal history, and current events, Ball surveys the constitutional arguments that have driven the right to die debate"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 229 pages)
- Contents
-
- The changing nature of death in America
- The plight of the incompetent patient in a "permanent vegetative state" (PVS)
- Terri Schiavo's tragic odyssey, 1990-2005
- What freedom do we have to die with dignity? The U.S. Supreme Court decides, 1997
- The second path to PAD : passing legislation allowing death with dignity
- The pioneering PAD states : Oregon and Washington
- America's transplants
- Isbn
- 9780814769751
- Label
- At liberty to die : the battle for death with dignity in America
- Title
- At liberty to die
- Title remainder
- the battle for death with dignity in America
- Statement of responsibility
- Howard Ball
- Subject
-
- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
- Assisted suicide -- Law and legislation
- Assisted suicide -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Assisted suicide -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Balkan Peninsula
- Behavior
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
- Behavioral Symptoms
- Brain Damage, Chronic
- Brain Diseases
- Central Nervous System Diseases
- Consciousness Disorders
- Delivery of Health Care
- Disease
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Euthanasia
- Euthanasia -- Law and legislation
- Euthanasia -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Euthanasia -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Freiheitsrecht
- Health Care Economics and Organizations
- Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
- Health Services
- History & Archaeology
- Homicide
- Human Rights
- LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
- LAW -- General
- Law - U.S
- Law, Politics & Government
- Medical & Hospital Legislation - U.S
- Menschenwürde
- Nervous System Diseases
- Neurobehavioral Manifestations
- Neurologic Manifestations
- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
- Patient Care
- Patient Rights
- Persistent Vegetative State
- Psychiatry and Psychology
- Recht auf Leben
- Regions & Countries - Europe
- Right to Die
- Right to die -- Law and legislation
- Right to die -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Right to die -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Rätten att dö -- Förenta staterna
- Selbstmord
- Self-Injurious Behavior
- Signs and Symptoms
- Social Control, Formal
- Social Problems
- Social Sciences
- Sociology
- Sterbehilfe
- Sterbehilfe
- Suicide
- Suicide, Assisted
- Therapeutics
- USA
- Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
- Unconsciousness
- United States
- Terminal Care
- Alter
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Over the past hundred years, average life expectancy in America has nearly doubled, due largely to scientific and medical advances, but also as a consequence of safer working conditions, a heightened awareness of the importance of diet and health, and other factors. Yet while longevity is celebrated as an achievement in modern civilization, the longer people live, the more likely they are to succumb to chronic, terminal illnesses. In 1900, the average life expectancy was 47 years, with a majority of American deaths attributed to influenza, tuberculosis, pneumonia, or other diseases. In 2000, the average life expectancy was nearly 80 years, and for too many people, these long lifespans included cancer, heart failure, Lou Gehrig's Disease, AIDS, or other fatal illnesses, and with them, came debilitating pain and the loss of a once-full and often independent lifestyle. In this compelling and provocative book, noted legal scholar Howard Ball poses the pressing question: is it appropriate, legally and ethically, for a competent individual to have the liberty to decide how and when to die when faced with a terminal illness? At Liberty to Die charts how, the right of a competent, terminally ill person to die on his or her own terms with the help of a doctor has come deeply embroiled in debates about the relationship between religion, civil liberties, politics, and law in American life. Exploring both the legal rulings and the media frenzies that accompanied the Terry Schiavo case and others like it, Howard Ball contends that despite raging battles in all the states where right to die legislation has been proposed, the opposition to the right to die is intractable in its stance. Combining constitutional analysis, legal history, and current events, Ball surveys the constitutional arguments that have driven the right to die debate"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1937-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ball, Howard
- Dewey number
- 344.7304/197
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- KF3827.E87
- LC item number
- B36 2012eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- W 32.5 AA1
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Right to die
- Assisted suicide
- Euthanasia
- Terminal Care
- Homicide
- Patient Rights
- Unconsciousness
- Suicide
- Brain Damage, Chronic
- Patient Care
- Self-Injurious Behavior
- Brain Diseases
- Human Rights
- Consciousness Disorders
- Social Problems
- Central Nervous System Diseases
- Neurobehavioral Manifestations
- Therapeutics
- Behavioral Symptoms
- Sociology
- Health Services
- Social Control, Formal
- Neurologic Manifestations
- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
- Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
- Health Care Economics and Organizations
- Nervous System Diseases
- Social Sciences
- Behavior
- Delivery of Health Care
- Disease
- Signs and Symptoms
- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
- Psychiatry and Psychology
- Euthanasia
- Right to Die
- Persistent Vegetative State
- Suicide, Assisted
- Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
- LAW
- LAW
- Assisted suicide
- Euthanasia
- Right to die
- United States
- Recht auf Leben
- Sterbehilfe
- Menschenwürde
- Alter
- Sterbehilfe
- Selbstmord
- Freiheitsrecht
- USA
- Rätten att dö
- Assisted suicide -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Euthanasia -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Right to die -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Regions & Countries - Europe
- History & Archaeology
- Balkan Peninsula
- Law - U.S
- Law, Politics & Government
- Medical & Hospital Legislation - U.S
- Label
- At liberty to die : the battle for death with dignity in America, Howard Ball
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The changing nature of death in America -- The plight of the incompetent patient in a "permanent vegetative state" (PVS) -- Terri Schiavo's tragic odyssey, 1990-2005 -- What freedom do we have to die with dignity? The U.S. Supreme Court decides, 1997 -- The second path to PAD : passing legislation allowing death with dignity -- The pioneering PAD states : Oregon and Washington -- America's transplants
- Control code
- 794003581
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 229 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780814769751
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- ebc865861
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt8jzqgh
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)794003581
- Label
- At liberty to die : the battle for death with dignity in America, Howard Ball
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The changing nature of death in America -- The plight of the incompetent patient in a "permanent vegetative state" (PVS) -- Terri Schiavo's tragic odyssey, 1990-2005 -- What freedom do we have to die with dignity? The U.S. Supreme Court decides, 1997 -- The second path to PAD : passing legislation allowing death with dignity -- The pioneering PAD states : Oregon and Washington -- America's transplants
- Control code
- 794003581
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 229 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780814769751
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- ebc865861
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt8jzqgh
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)794003581
Subject
- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
- Assisted suicide -- Law and legislation
- Assisted suicide -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Assisted suicide -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Balkan Peninsula
- Behavior
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
- Behavioral Symptoms
- Brain Damage, Chronic
- Brain Diseases
- Central Nervous System Diseases
- Consciousness Disorders
- Delivery of Health Care
- Disease
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Euthanasia
- Euthanasia -- Law and legislation
- Euthanasia -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Euthanasia -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Freiheitsrecht
- Health Care Economics and Organizations
- Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
- Health Services
- History & Archaeology
- Homicide
- Human Rights
- LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
- LAW -- General
- Law - U.S
- Law, Politics & Government
- Medical & Hospital Legislation - U.S
- Menschenwürde
- Nervous System Diseases
- Neurobehavioral Manifestations
- Neurologic Manifestations
- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
- Patient Care
- Patient Rights
- Persistent Vegetative State
- Psychiatry and Psychology
- Recht auf Leben
- Regions & Countries - Europe
- Right to Die
- Right to die -- Law and legislation
- Right to die -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Right to die -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Rätten att dö -- Förenta staterna
- Selbstmord
- Self-Injurious Behavior
- Signs and Symptoms
- Social Control, Formal
- Social Problems
- Social Sciences
- Sociology
- Sterbehilfe
- Sterbehilfe
- Suicide
- Suicide, Assisted
- Therapeutics
- USA
- Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
- Unconsciousness
- United States
- Terminal Care
- Alter
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