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Genre/Form: | Classification Guidebooks |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Joseph H Miller |
ISBN: | 9781425975715 1425975712 9781425975722 1425975720 |
OCLC Number: | 191673476 |
Description: | xxii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | PART ONE. History, euthanasia and humanism: -- Ch. 1. Terri Schiavo's death as manslaughter -- Ch. 2. The grey areas of life -- Ch. 3. History, code of ethics, research -- Ch. 4. Euthanasia and the desire for death -- Ch. 5. Euthanasia in the Netherlands -- Ch. 6. Death and the Bible -- Ch. 7. Death and the desire for death in the Bible -- Ch. 8. Humanism -- PART TWO. Science and legality: -- Ch. 9. Brain death -- Ch. 10. Persistent vegetative state -- Ch. 11. The Florida laws: PVS -- Ch. 12. Living wills (terminal care) -- Ch. 13. Ethics committee -- PART THREE. Examination of the unconscious patient physiological functions to know: -- Ch. 14. Classification of head injuries (Miller) -- Ch. 15. Immediate support of the unconscious patient (Miller) -- Ch. 16. Conclusion: Can you do it? -- PART FOUR. Three things needed for action -- Epilogue. |
Responsibility: | Joseph H. Miller. |
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