LEADER 04676nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910452002503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-6975-6 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814769751 035 $a(CKB)2550000000100773 035 $a(EBL)865861 035 $a(OCoLC)793995958 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001441356 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11934836 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001441356 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11413142 035 $a(PQKB)10845080 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000676729 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11373423 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000676729 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10683715 035 $a(PQKB)11206574 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001324039 035 $a(OCoLC)904647631 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse42119 035 $a(OCoLC)794003581 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19818 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865861 035 $a(DE-B1597)546930 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814769751 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865861 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10562035 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000100773 100 $a20111219d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAt liberty to die$b[electronic resource] $ethe battle for death with dignity in America /$fHoward Ball 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4798-6957-0 311 $a0-8147-9104-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. The Changing Nature of Death in America -- $t2. The Plight of the Incompetent Patient in a ?Permanent Vegetative State? (PVS) -- $t3. Terri Schiavo?s Tragic Odyssey, 1990?2005 -- $t4. What Freedom Do We Have to Die with Dignity ? -- $t5. The Second Path to PAD: Passing Legislation Allowing Death with Dignity -- $t6. The Pioneering PAD States -- $t7. America?s Transplants -- $tNotes -- $tCases Cited -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tAbout the Author 330 $aOver 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. 606 $aRight to die$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aAssisted suicide$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aEuthanasia$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRight to die$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aAssisted suicide$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aEuthanasia$xLaw and legislation 676 $a344.7304/197 700 $aBall$b Howard$f1937-$0729283 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452002503321 996 $aAt liberty to die$92462809 997 $aUNINA