LEADER 02924nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910779844903321 005 20230422042402.0 010 $a0-313-00044-1 035 $a(CKB)111056485428094 035 $a(EBL)269096 035 $a(OCoLC)55091891 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000147101 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11136398 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147101 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10012016 035 $a(PQKB)11624621 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC269096 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL269096 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10018017 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485428094 100 $a19991019d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEndings and beginnings$b[electronic resource] $elaw, medicine, and society in assisted life and death /$fLarry I. Palmer 210 $aWestport, Conn. $cPraeger$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (160 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-275-96681-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [133]-138) and index. 327 $aPreliminaries; 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 Progress 327 $aSelected BibliographyIndex 330 $aAs 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. 606 $aRight to die$zUnited States 606 $aAssisted suicide$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aHuman reproductive technology$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aEuthanasia$zUnited States 606 $aHuman reproductive technology 606 $aTerminal care 615 0$aRight to die 615 0$aAssisted suicide$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aHuman reproductive technology$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aEuthanasia 615 0$aHuman reproductive technology. 615 0$aTerminal care. 676 $a344.73/04197 700 $aPalmer$b Larry I.$f1944-$01468023 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779844903321 996 $aEndings and beginnings$93678925 997 $aUNINA