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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->
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| New York, : New York University Press, 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
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Ball Howard <1937->
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| New York, : New York University Press, 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
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Ball Howard <1937->
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| New York, : New York University Press, 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
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Hillyard Daniel <1962, >
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| New York : , : Routledge, , 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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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 |
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Hillyard Daniel <1962->
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| New York, : Routledge, 2001 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
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Gorsuch Neil M (Neil McGill), <1967->
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| Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
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Gorsuch Neil M (Neil McGill), <1967->
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| Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The future of assisted suicide and euthanasia / / Neil M. Gorsuch
| The future of assisted suicide and euthanasia / / 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 |
| 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 |
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Gorsuch Neil M (Neil McGill), <1967->
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| Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
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Foley Elizabeth Price
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| Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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