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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162915603321

Autore

Ball Howard <1937->

Titolo

The right to die : a reference handbook / / Howard Ball

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : ABC-CLIO, LLC, , 2017

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023

ISBN

9798216008972

9798216139799

9781440843129

1440843120

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiii, 368 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Contemporary world issues

Disciplina

179.7

Soggetti

Euthanasia - United States

Right to die - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Background and History -- 2. Problems, Controversies, and Solutions -- 3. Perspectives -- 4. Profiles -- 5. Data and Documents -- 7. Chronology.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the right-to-die issues facing society now that vast improvements in public health care and medicine have resulted in people not only living longer but taking much longer to die, often in great pain and suffering. It covers the legal aspects and the politics of the controversy, analyzes the battles in state and federal courts, and supplies primary sources illustrating the political, medical, legal, religious, and ethical landscape of the right to die.