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The right to die: a reference handbook
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2017
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English
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9781440843112
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Table of Contents
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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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