04676nam 2200733 a 450 991045200250332120200520144314.00-8147-6975-610.18574/9780814769751(CKB)2550000000100773(EBL)865861(OCoLC)793995958(SSID)ssj0001441356(PQKBManifestationID)11934836(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001441356(PQKBWorkID)11413142(PQKB)10845080(SSID)ssj0000676729(PQKBManifestationID)11373423(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000676729(PQKBWorkID)10683715(PQKB)11206574(StDuBDS)EDZ0001324039(OCoLC)904647631(MdBmJHUP)muse42119(OCoLC)794003581(MdBmJHUP)muse19818(MiAaPQ)EBC865861(DE-B1597)546930(DE-B1597)9780814769751(Au-PeEL)EBL865861(CaPaEBR)ebr10562035(EXLCZ)99255000000010077320111219d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAt liberty to die[electronic resource] the battle for death with dignity in America /Howard BallNew York New York University Press20121 online resource (240 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4798-6957-0 0-8147-9104-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Changing Nature of Death in America -- 2. The Plight of the Incompetent Patient in a “Permanent Vegetative State” (PVS) -- 3. Terri Schiavo’s Tragic Odyssey, 1990–2005 -- 4. What Freedom Do We Have to Die with Dignity ? -- 5. The Second Path to PAD: Passing Legislation Allowing Death with Dignity -- 6. The Pioneering PAD States -- 7. America’s Transplants -- Notes -- Cases Cited -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author Over the past hundred years, average life expectancy in America has nearly doubled, due largely to scientific and medical advances, but also as a consequence of safer working conditions, a heightened awareness of the importance of diet and health, and other factors. Yet while longevity is celebrated as an achievement in modern civilization, the longer people live, the more likely they are to succumb to chronic, terminal illnesses. In 1900, the average life expectancy was 47 years, with a majority of American deaths attributed to influenza, tuberculosis, pneumonia, or other diseases. In 2000, the average life expectancy was nearly 80 years, and for too many people, these long lifespans included cancer, heart failure, Lou Gehrig’s disease, AIDS, or other fatal illnesses, and with them, came debilitating pain and the loss of a once-full and often independent lifestyle. In this compelling and provocative book, noted legal scholar Howard Ball poses the pressing question: is it appropriate, legally and ethically, for a competent individual to have the liberty to decide how and when to die when faced with a terminal illness?At Liberty to Die charts how, the right of a competent, terminally ill person to die on his or her own terms with the help of a doctor has come deeply embroiled in debates about the relationship between religion, civil liberties, politics, and law in American life. Exploring both the legal rulings and the media frenzies that accompanied the Terry Schiavo case and others like it, Howard Ball contends that despite raging battles in all the states where right to die legislation has been proposed, the opposition to the right to die is intractable in its stance. Combining constitutional analysis, legal history, and current events, Ball surveys the constitutional arguments that have driven the right to die debate.Right to dieLaw and legislationUnited StatesAssisted suicideLaw and legislationUnited StatesEuthanasiaLaw and legislationUnited StatesElectronic books.Right to dieLaw and legislationAssisted suicideLaw and legislationEuthanasiaLaw and legislation344.7304/197Ball Howard1937-729283MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452002503321At liberty to die2462809UNINA