02758nam 2200625 a 450 991077795960332120200520144314.01-4696-0574-00-8078-8864-8(CKB)1000000000764495(EBL)454835(OCoLC)407836019(SSID)ssj0000176233(PQKBManifestationID)11177239(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000176233(PQKBWorkID)10203846(PQKB)11632480(StDuBDS)EDZ0000244010(MdBmJHUP)muse23526(Au-PeEL)EBL454835(CaPaEBR)ebr10310786(MiAaPQ)EBC454835(EXLCZ)99100000000076449520081022d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIf that ever happens to me[electronic resource] making life and death decisions after Terri Schiavo /Lois ShepherdChapel Hill University of North Carolina Press20091 online resource (237 p.)Studies in social medicineDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-7352-7 0-8078-3295-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-213) and index.Disorders of consciousness and the permanent vegetative state -- Legal and political wrangling over Terri's life -- In context--law and ethics -- Terri's wishes -- The limits of evidence -- The implications of surrogacy -- Qualities of life -- Feeding -- The preservation of life -- Respect and care : an alternative framework.Every day, thousands of people quietly face decisions as agonizing as those made famous in the Terri Schiavo case. Throughout that controversy, all kinds of people--politicians, religious leaders, legal and medical experts--made emphatic statements about the facts and offered even more certain opinions about what should be done. To many, courts were either ordering Terri's death by starvation or vindicating her constitutional rights. Both sides called for simple answers. If That Ever Happens to Me details why these simple answers were not right for Terri Schiavo and why they are not rigStudies in social medicine.Terminal careRight to dieEuthanasiaTerminal care.Right to die.Euthanasia.179.7Shepherd Lois L.1962-1522201MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777959603321If that ever happens to me3761789UNINA