LEADER 04128nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910781800903321 005 20230725050831.0 010 $a0-674-26353-7 010 $a0-674-06090-3 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674060906 035 $a(CKB)2550000000042970 035 $a(OCoLC)753976784 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10488675 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000538438 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11324405 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538438 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10560423 035 $a(PQKB)10925229 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300952 035 $a(DE-B1597)178223 035 $a(OCoLC)956656264 035 $a(OCoLC)979626927 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674060906 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300952 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10488675 035 $a(OCoLC)923118304 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000042970 100 $a20101115d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe law of life and death$b[electronic resource] /$fElizabeth Price Foley 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (315 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-05104-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [259]-296) and index. 327 $aStatutory and common law life -- Constitutional life -- Cardiopulmonary death -- Brain death -- Constitutional death -- Not dead yet -- Unbeing dead isn't being alive. 330 $aAre you alive? What makes you so sure? Most people believe this question has a clear answer-that some law defines our status as living (or not) for all purposes. But they are dead wrong. In this pioneering study, Elizabeth Price Foley examines the many, and surprisingly ambiguous, legal definitions of what counts as human life and death.Foley reveals that "not being dead" is not necessarily the same as being alive, in the eyes of the law. People, pre-viable fetuses, and post-viable fetuses have different sets of legal rights, which explains the law's seemingly inconsistent approach to stem cell research, in vitro fertilization, frozen embryos, in utero embryos, contraception, abortion, homicide, and wrongful death.In a detailed analysis that is sure to be controversial, Foley shows how the need for more organ transplants and the need to conserve health care resources are exerting steady pressure to expand the legal definition of death. As a result, death is being declared faster than ever before. The ";right to die,"; Foley worries, may be morphing slowly into an obligation to die.Foley's balanced, accessible chapters explore the most contentious legal issues of our time-including cryogenics, feticide, abortion, physician-assisted suicide, brain death, vegetative and minimally conscious states, informed consent, and advance directives-across constitutional, contract, tort, property, and criminal law. Ultimately, she suggests, the inconsistencies and ambiguities in U.S. laws governing life and death may be culturally, and perhaps even psychologically, necessary for an enormous and diverse country like ours. 606 $aDeath$xProof and certification$zUnited States 606 $aLife and death, Power over$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aLife and death, Power over$xDecision making 606 $aRight to life$zUnited States 606 $aRight to die$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aEuthanasia$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 615 0$aDeath$xProof and certification 615 0$aLife and death, Power over$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aLife and death, Power over$xDecision making. 615 0$aRight to life 615 0$aRight to die$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aEuthanasia$xLaw and legislation 676 $a344.7304/19 700 $aFoley$b Elizabeth Price$01501102 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781800903321 996 $aThe law of life and death$93859656 997 $aUNINA