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100 1  Ball, Howard,|d1937- 
245 10 At liberty to die :|bthe battle for death with dignity in 
       America /|cHoward Ball. 
264  1 New York :|bNew York University Press,|c[2012] 
264  4 |c©2012 
300    ix, 229 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-215) and 
       index. 
505 0  The changing nature of death in America -- The plight of 
       the incompetent patient in a "permanent vegetative state" 
       (PVS) -- Terri Schiavo's tragic odyssey, 1990-2005 -- What
       freedom do we have to die with dignity? : The U.S. Supreme
       Court decides, 1997 -- The second path to PAD : passing 
       legislation allowing death with dignity -- The pioneering 
       PAD states : Oregon and Washington -- America's 
       Transplants. 
520    "Over 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"--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Right to die|xLaw and legislation|zUnited States. 
650  0 Assisted suicide|xLaw and legislation|zUnited States. 
650  0 Euthanasia|xLaw and legislation|zUnited States. 
650 12 Right to Die|xlegislation & jurisprudence|zUnited States. 
650 22 Euthanasia|xlegislation & jurisprudence|zUnited States. 
650 22 Persistent Vegetative State|zUnited States. 
650 22 Suicide, Assisted|xlegislation & jurisprudence|zUnited 
       States. 
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