LEADER 02223oam 2200565 a 450 001 9910162915603321 005 20170228143715.0 010 $a9798216008972 010 $a9798216139799 010 $a9781440843129 010 $a1440843120 024 7 $a10.5040/9798216008972 035 $a(OCoLC)1013507490 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL7JKH 035 $a(OCoLC)1413730010 035 $a(CKB)3710000001045148 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4801034 035 $a(MiFhGG)9781440843129 035 $a(Perlego)4183365 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001045148 100 $a20160928e20172023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe right to die $ea reference handbook /$fHoward Ball 210 1$aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$cABC-CLIO, LLC,$d2017. 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (xxiii, 368 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aContemporary world issues 311 08$a9781440843112 311 08$a1440843112 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Background and History -- 2. Problems, Controversies, and Solutions -- 3. Perspectives -- 4. Profiles -- 5. Data and Documents -- 7. Chronology. 330 $aThis book examines the right-to-die issues facing society now that vast improvements in public health care and medicine have resulted in people not only living longer but taking much longer to die, often in great pain and suffering. It covers the legal aspects and the politics of the controversy, analyzes the battles in state and federal courts, and supplies primary sources illustrating the political, medical, legal, religious, and ethical landscape of the right to die. 410 0$aContemporary world issues. 606 $aEuthanasia$zUnited States 606 $aRight to die$zUnited States 615 0$aEuthanasia 615 0$aRight to die 676 $a179.7 700 $aBall$b Howard$f1937-$0729283 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162915603321 996 $aThe right to die$92890833 997 $aUNINA