02957nam 2200649 a 450 991045488020332120200520144314.00-313-00044-1(CKB)111056485428094(EBL)269096(OCoLC)55091891(SSID)ssj0000147101(PQKBManifestationID)11136398(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147101(PQKBWorkID)10012016(PQKB)11624621(MiAaPQ)EBC269096(Au-PeEL)EBL269096(CaPaEBR)ebr10018017(EXLCZ)9911105648542809419991019d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEndings and beginnings[electronic resource] law, medicine, and society in assisted life and death /Larry I. PalmerWestport, Conn. Praeger20001 online resource (160 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-275-96681-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-138) and index.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 ProgressSelected BibliographyIndexAs 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.Right to dieUnited StatesAssisted suicideLaw and legislationUnited StatesHuman reproductive technologyLaw and legislationUnited StatesEuthanasiaUnited StatesHuman reproductive technologyTerminal careElectronic books.Right to dieAssisted suicideLaw and legislationHuman reproductive technologyLaw and legislationEuthanasiaHuman reproductive technology.Terminal care.344.73/04197Palmer Larry I.1944-942065MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454880203321Endings and beginnings2125611UNINA