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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Marjorie B Zucker |
| ISBN: | 0313305226 9780313305221 |
| OCLC Number: | 40698454 |
| Description: | xxx, 303 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| 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. |
| Series Title: | Primary documents in American history and contemporary issues |
| Responsibility: | edited by Marjorie B. Zucker. |
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