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At liberty to die [[electronic resource] ] : the battle for death with dignity in America / / Howard Ball
At liberty to die [[electronic resource] ] : the battle for death with dignity in America / / Howard Ball
Autore Ball Howard <1937->
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, : New York University Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (240 p.)
Disciplina 344.7304/197
Soggetto topico Right to die - Law and legislation - United States
Assisted suicide - Law and legislation - United States
Euthanasia - Law and legislation - United States
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-8147-6975-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Changing Nature of Death in America -- 2. The Plight of the Incompetent Patient in a “Permanent Vegetative State” (PVS) -- 3. Terri Schiavo’s Tragic Odyssey, 1990–2005 -- 4. What Freedom Do We Have to Die with Dignity ? -- 5. The Second Path to PAD: Passing Legislation Allowing Death with Dignity -- 6. The Pioneering PAD States -- 7. America’s Transplants -- Notes -- Cases Cited -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
Record Nr. UNINA-9910452002503321
Ball Howard <1937->  
New York, : New York University Press, 2012
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At liberty to die [[electronic resource] ] : the battle for death with dignity in America / / Howard Ball
At liberty to die [[electronic resource] ] : the battle for death with dignity in America / / Howard Ball
Autore Ball Howard <1937->
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, : New York University Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (240 p.)
Disciplina 344.7304/197
Soggetto topico Right to die - Law and legislation - United States
Assisted suicide - Law and legislation - United States
Euthanasia - Law and legislation - United States
ISBN 0-8147-6975-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Changing Nature of Death in America -- 2. The Plight of the Incompetent Patient in a “Permanent Vegetative State” (PVS) -- 3. Terri Schiavo’s Tragic Odyssey, 1990–2005 -- 4. What Freedom Do We Have to Die with Dignity ? -- 5. The Second Path to PAD: Passing Legislation Allowing Death with Dignity -- 6. The Pioneering PAD States -- 7. America’s Transplants -- Notes -- Cases Cited -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
Record Nr. UNINA-9910779184203321
Ball Howard <1937->  
New York, : New York University Press, 2012
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At liberty to die [[electronic resource] ] : the battle for death with dignity in America / / Howard Ball
At liberty to die [[electronic resource] ] : the battle for death with dignity in America / / Howard Ball
Autore Ball Howard <1937->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, : New York University Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (240 p.)
Disciplina 344.7304/197
Soggetto topico Right to die - Law and legislation - United States
Assisted suicide - Law and legislation - United States
Euthanasia - Law and legislation - United States
ISBN 0-8147-6975-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Changing Nature of Death in America -- 2. The Plight of the Incompetent Patient in a “Permanent Vegetative State” (PVS) -- 3. Terri Schiavo’s Tragic Odyssey, 1990–2005 -- 4. What Freedom Do We Have to Die with Dignity ? -- 5. The Second Path to PAD: Passing Legislation Allowing Death with Dignity -- 6. The Pioneering PAD States -- 7. America’s Transplants -- Notes -- Cases Cited -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
Record Nr. UNINA-9910808073703321
Ball Howard <1937->  
New York, : New York University Press, 2012
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The consequences of legalized assisted suicide and euthanasia [[electronic resource] ] : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, May 25, 2006
The consequences of legalized assisted suicide and euthanasia [[electronic resource] ] : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, May 25, 2006
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2008
Descrizione fisica iii, 124 pages : digital, PDF file
Collana S. hrg.
Soggetto topico Assisted suicide - Law and legislation - United States
Assisted suicide - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
Euthanasia - Law and legislation - United States
Euthanasia - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Altri titoli varianti Consequences of legalized assisted suicide and euthanasia
Record Nr. UNINA-9910698657003321
Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2008
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Dying right : the death with dignity movement / / Daniel Hillyard and John Dombrink
Dying right : the death with dignity movement / / Daniel Hillyard and John Dombrink
Autore Hillyard Daniel <1962, >
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York : , : Routledge, , 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (321 p.)
Disciplina 179.7
344.73/04197
Altri autori (Persone) DombrinkJohn
Soggetto topico Right to die - Law and legislation - United States
Assisted suicide - Law and legislation - United States
Euthanasia - Law and legislation - United States
ISBN 1-135-95768-1
1-135-95769-X
0-585-45173-7
0-203-90255-6
1-280-35509-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Fate Worse than DeathChallenging the Legal Treatment of Dying; Death with DignityThe Early States, 1991 1992; Passage of the Oregon Death With Dignity Act; A Movement to Repeal the Oregon Death With Dignity Act; Compassion in DyingThe Assisted Suicide Test Cases; Building the Safe HarborThe Implementation of the ODDA; Death with Dignity in Other States and Other Countries; The Good Death Changing Moral Boundaries; References; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910171000803321
Hillyard Daniel <1962, >  
New York : , : Routledge, , 2001
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Dying right : the death with dignity movement / / Daniel Hillyard and John Dombrink
Dying right : the death with dignity movement / / Daniel Hillyard and John Dombrink
Autore Hillyard Daniel <1962, >
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York : , : Routledge, , 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (321 p.)
Disciplina 179.7
344.73/04197
Altri autori (Persone) DombrinkJohn
Soggetto topico Right to die - Law and legislation - United States
Assisted suicide - Law and legislation - United States
Euthanasia - Law and legislation - United States
ISBN 1-135-95768-1
1-135-95769-X
0-585-45173-7
0-203-90255-6
1-280-35509-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Fate Worse than DeathChallenging the Legal Treatment of Dying; Death with DignityThe Early States, 1991 1992; Passage of the Oregon Death With Dignity Act; A Movement to Repeal the Oregon Death With Dignity Act; Compassion in DyingThe Assisted Suicide Test Cases; Building the Safe HarborThe Implementation of the ODDA; Death with Dignity in Other States and Other Countries; The Good Death Changing Moral Boundaries; References; Index
Record Nr. UNISA-996199885003316
Hillyard Daniel <1962, >  
New York : , : Routledge, , 2001
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The future of assisted suicide and euthanasia [[electronic resource] /] / Neil M. Gorsuch
The future of assisted suicide and euthanasia [[electronic resource] /] / Neil M. Gorsuch
Autore Gorsuch Neil M (Neil McGill), <1967->
Edizione [Course Book]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (328 p.)
Disciplina 179.7
Collana New forum books
Soggetto topico Assisted suicide - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
Assisted suicide - Law and legislation - United States
Euthanasia - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
Euthanasia - Law and legislation - United States
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-282-45844-2
9786612458446
1-4008-3034-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto 1. Introduction -- 2. The Glucksberg and quill controversies : the judiciary's (non)resolution of the assisted suicide debate -- 2.1. The Washington due process litigation -- 2.2. The New York equal protection litigation -- 2.3. The final battle? : the Supreme Court does (and does not) decide -- 2.4. The aftermath of Glucksberg and Quill -- 3. The debate over history -- 3.1. Which history? -- 3.2. The project -- 3.3. The ancients -- 3.4. Early Christian history -- 3.5. English common law -- 3.6. Colonial American experience -- 3.7. The modern consensus on suicide and its assistance -- 3.8. The euthanasia movement -- 3.9. Prevailing law today -- 3.10. Conclusion -- 4. Arguments from fairness and equal protection : if a right to refuse, then a right to assisted suicide? -- 4.1. An act /omission distinction? -- 4.2. A causation-based distinction? -- 4.3. Toward an intent-based distinction : the insight of the double effect principle -- 4.4. Some (initial) arguments against double effect : conflating intent and foresight -- 4.5. Distinguishing suicide, assisted suicide, and euthanasia from the right to refuse : intending versus foreseeing death -- 4.6. Some (additional) criticisms of double effect as applied to the assisted suicide debate -- 4.7. Conclusion --
5. Casey and Cruzan : do they intimate a right to assisted suicide and euthanasia? -- 5.1. The "reasoned judgment" test and its critics -- 5.2. Casey-based arguments -- 5.3. Cruzan-based arguments -- 5.4. Conclusion -- 6. Autonomy theory's implications for the debate over assisted suicide and euthanasia -- 6.1. The autonomy debate -- 6.2. The neutralist view of autonomy -- 6.3. The harm principle's competing view -- 6.4. Perfectionism and autonomy -- 6.5. The implications of autonomy theory for the assisted suicide and euthanasia debate -- 7. Legalization and the law of unintended consequences : utilitarian arguments for legalization -- 7.1. The Dutch experience : "virtually abuse-free"? -- 7.2. The Oregon experience : an "all-too conscientious" statutory regime? -- 7.3. Legalization and other unintended consequences -- 7.4. Decriminalization as a "costless" enterprise? -- 7.5. How to "balance" the costs and benefits of legalization? -- 7.6. Conclusion --
8. Two test cases : Posner and Epstein -- 8.1. Posner's utilitarian case for assisted suicide -- 8.2. Posner's and Epstein's libertarian case for assisted suicide -- 9. An argument against legalization -- 9.1. The Inviolability of human life -- 9.2. What does it mean to respect human life as a basic good? -- 9.3. Some objections -- 9.4. The future of the Oregon experiment? -- 10. Toward a consistent end-of-life ethic : the "right to refuse" care for competent and incompetent patients -- 10.1. The inviolability of life and the "right to refuse" for competent persons -- 10.2. The "right to refuse" and infant patients -- 10.3. The "right to refuse" and incompetent adult patients -- 10.4. Conclusions -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Certain American statutory laws banning or disapproving of assisted suicide -- Appendix B. Statistical calculations.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910456462403321
Gorsuch Neil M (Neil McGill), <1967->  
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2006
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The future of assisted suicide and euthanasia [[electronic resource] /] / Neil M. Gorsuch
The future of assisted suicide and euthanasia [[electronic resource] /] / Neil M. Gorsuch
Autore Gorsuch Neil M (Neil McGill), <1967->
Edizione [Course Book]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (328 p.)
Disciplina 179.7
Collana New forum books
Soggetto topico Assisted suicide - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
Assisted suicide - Law and legislation - United States
Euthanasia - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
Euthanasia - Law and legislation - United States
Euthanasia
Suicide, Assisted
ISBN 1-282-45844-2
9786612458446
1-4008-3034-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto 1. Introduction -- 2. The Glucksberg and quill controversies : the judiciary's (non)resolution of the assisted suicide debate -- 2.1. The Washington due process litigation -- 2.2. The New York equal protection litigation -- 2.3. The final battle? : the Supreme Court does (and does not) decide -- 2.4. The aftermath of Glucksberg and Quill -- 3. The debate over history -- 3.1. Which history? -- 3.2. The project -- 3.3. The ancients -- 3.4. Early Christian history -- 3.5. English common law -- 3.6. Colonial American experience -- 3.7. The modern consensus on suicide and its assistance -- 3.8. The euthanasia movement -- 3.9. Prevailing law today -- 3.10. Conclusion -- 4. Arguments from fairness and equal protection : if a right to refuse, then a right to assisted suicide? -- 4.1. An act /omission distinction? -- 4.2. A causation-based distinction? -- 4.3. Toward an intent-based distinction : the insight of the double effect principle -- 4.4. Some (initial) arguments against double effect : conflating intent and foresight -- 4.5. Distinguishing suicide, assisted suicide, and euthanasia from the right to refuse : intending versus foreseeing death -- 4.6. Some (additional) criticisms of double effect as applied to the assisted suicide debate -- 4.7. Conclusion --
5. Casey and Cruzan : do they intimate a right to assisted suicide and euthanasia? -- 5.1. The "reasoned judgment" test and its critics -- 5.2. Casey-based arguments -- 5.3. Cruzan-based arguments -- 5.4. Conclusion -- 6. Autonomy theory's implications for the debate over assisted suicide and euthanasia -- 6.1. The autonomy debate -- 6.2. The neutralist view of autonomy -- 6.3. The harm principle's competing view -- 6.4. Perfectionism and autonomy -- 6.5. The implications of autonomy theory for the assisted suicide and euthanasia debate -- 7. Legalization and the law of unintended consequences : utilitarian arguments for legalization -- 7.1. The Dutch experience : "virtually abuse-free"? -- 7.2. The Oregon experience : an "all-too conscientious" statutory regime? -- 7.3. Legalization and other unintended consequences -- 7.4. Decriminalization as a "costless" enterprise? -- 7.5. How to "balance" the costs and benefits of legalization? -- 7.6. Conclusion --
8. Two test cases : Posner and Epstein -- 8.1. Posner's utilitarian case for assisted suicide -- 8.2. Posner's and Epstein's libertarian case for assisted suicide -- 9. An argument against legalization -- 9.1. The Inviolability of human life -- 9.2. What does it mean to respect human life as a basic good? -- 9.3. Some objections -- 9.4. The future of the Oregon experiment? -- 10. Toward a consistent end-of-life ethic : the "right to refuse" care for competent and incompetent patients -- 10.1. The inviolability of life and the "right to refuse" for competent persons -- 10.2. The "right to refuse" and infant patients -- 10.3. The "right to refuse" and incompetent adult patients -- 10.4. Conclusions -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Certain American statutory laws banning or disapproving of assisted suicide -- Appendix B. Statistical calculations.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910781096403321
Gorsuch Neil M (Neil McGill), <1967->  
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2006
Materiale a stampa
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The future of assisted suicide and euthanasia [[electronic resource] /] / Neil M. Gorsuch
The future of assisted suicide and euthanasia [[electronic resource] /] / Neil M. Gorsuch
Autore Gorsuch Neil M (Neil McGill), <1967->
Edizione [Course Book]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (328 p.)
Disciplina 179.7
Collana New forum books
Soggetto topico Assisted suicide - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
Assisted suicide - Law and legislation - United States
Euthanasia - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
Euthanasia - Law and legislation - United States
Euthanasia
Suicide, Assisted
ISBN 1-282-45844-2
9786612458446
1-4008-3034-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto 1. Introduction -- 2. The Glucksberg and quill controversies : the judiciary's (non)resolution of the assisted suicide debate -- 2.1. The Washington due process litigation -- 2.2. The New York equal protection litigation -- 2.3. The final battle? : the Supreme Court does (and does not) decide -- 2.4. The aftermath of Glucksberg and Quill -- 3. The debate over history -- 3.1. Which history? -- 3.2. The project -- 3.3. The ancients -- 3.4. Early Christian history -- 3.5. English common law -- 3.6. Colonial American experience -- 3.7. The modern consensus on suicide and its assistance -- 3.8. The euthanasia movement -- 3.9. Prevailing law today -- 3.10. Conclusion -- 4. Arguments from fairness and equal protection : if a right to refuse, then a right to assisted suicide? -- 4.1. An act /omission distinction? -- 4.2. A causation-based distinction? -- 4.3. Toward an intent-based distinction : the insight of the double effect principle -- 4.4. Some (initial) arguments against double effect : conflating intent and foresight -- 4.5. Distinguishing suicide, assisted suicide, and euthanasia from the right to refuse : intending versus foreseeing death -- 4.6. Some (additional) criticisms of double effect as applied to the assisted suicide debate -- 4.7. Conclusion --
5. Casey and Cruzan : do they intimate a right to assisted suicide and euthanasia? -- 5.1. The "reasoned judgment" test and its critics -- 5.2. Casey-based arguments -- 5.3. Cruzan-based arguments -- 5.4. Conclusion -- 6. Autonomy theory's implications for the debate over assisted suicide and euthanasia -- 6.1. The autonomy debate -- 6.2. The neutralist view of autonomy -- 6.3. The harm principle's competing view -- 6.4. Perfectionism and autonomy -- 6.5. The implications of autonomy theory for the assisted suicide and euthanasia debate -- 7. Legalization and the law of unintended consequences : utilitarian arguments for legalization -- 7.1. The Dutch experience : "virtually abuse-free"? -- 7.2. The Oregon experience : an "all-too conscientious" statutory regime? -- 7.3. Legalization and other unintended consequences -- 7.4. Decriminalization as a "costless" enterprise? -- 7.5. How to "balance" the costs and benefits of legalization? -- 7.6. Conclusion --
8. Two test cases : Posner and Epstein -- 8.1. Posner's utilitarian case for assisted suicide -- 8.2. Posner's and Epstein's libertarian case for assisted suicide -- 9. An argument against legalization -- 9.1. The Inviolability of human life -- 9.2. What does it mean to respect human life as a basic good? -- 9.3. Some objections -- 9.4. The future of the Oregon experiment? -- 10. Toward a consistent end-of-life ethic : the "right to refuse" care for competent and incompetent patients -- 10.1. The inviolability of life and the "right to refuse" for competent persons -- 10.2. The "right to refuse" and infant patients -- 10.3. The "right to refuse" and incompetent adult patients -- 10.4. Conclusions -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Certain American statutory laws banning or disapproving of assisted suicide -- Appendix B. Statistical calculations.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910807402003321
Gorsuch Neil M (Neil McGill), <1967->  
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2006
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The law of life and death [[electronic resource] /] / Elizabeth Price Foley
The law of life and death [[electronic resource] /] / Elizabeth Price Foley
Autore Foley Elizabeth Price
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2011
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (315 p.)
Disciplina 344.7304/19
Soggetto topico Death - Proof and certification - United States
Life and death, Power over - Moral and ethical aspects
Life and death, Power over - Decision making
Right to life - United States
Right to die - Law and legislation - United States
Euthanasia - Law and legislation - United States
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-674-06090-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Statutory and common law life -- Constitutional life -- Cardiopulmonary death -- Brain death -- Constitutional death -- Not dead yet -- Unbeing dead isn't being alive.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910456542603321
Foley Elizabeth Price  
Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2011
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