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Palmer Larry I. <1944-> |
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Endings and beginnings [[electronic resource] ] : law, medicine, and society in assisted life and death / / Larry I. Palmer |
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Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2000 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (160 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Right to die - United States |
Assisted suicide - Law and legislation - United States |
Human reproductive technology - Law and legislation - United States |
Euthanasia - United States |
Human reproductive technology |
Terminal care |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-138) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Science in the Service of Medicine and Law; Chapter 2 Assisted Reproduction: Do We Need Legislative Definitions of the Family; Chapter 3 Creating One's Own Death: Is There a Constitutional Right to Die; Chapter 4 Chronically Ill or Terminal A Question for Legislatures; Chapter 5 The Role of Physicians in Our Dying: Relievers of Suffering; Chapter 6 Physicians' Constitutional Rights: Relievers of Pain; Chapter 7 Physicians' Legislative Privileges to Assist Life or Death; Chapter 8 Professionalism Autonomy and Medical Progress |
Selected BibliographyIndex |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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As society faces the repercussions of assisted life and death, the news tells of legal battles over frozen embryos and doctors prosecuted after patients' suicide. Palmer argues society should not turn to law and science to determine such intimate matters as how our children are born and how we die. |
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