At Liberty to Die ：The Battle for Death with Dignity in America

Publication subTitle ：The Battle for Death with Dignity in America

Author： Ball Howard  

Publisher： NYU Press‎

Publication year： 2012

E-ISBN: 9780814769751

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781479869572

Subject： C913 Social Life and Social Problems;D0 Political Theory;D90 theory of law (jurisprudence);D91 Legal departments

Keyword： 社会生活与社会问题,政治理论,法的理论（法学）,法学各部门

Language： ENG

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Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 The Changing Nature of Death in America

2 The Plight of the Incompetent Patient in a “Permanent Vegetative State” (PVS)

3 Terri Schiavo’s Tragic Odyssey, 1990–2005

4 What Freedom Do We Have to Die with Dignity? The U.S. Supreme Court Decides, 1997

5 The Second Path to PAD: Passing Legislation Allowing Death with Dignity

6 The Pioneering PAD States: Oregon and Washington

7 America’s Transplants

Notes

Cases Cited

Bibliography

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