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Author:

Shepherd, Lois L., 1962-

Title:

If that ever happens to me : making life and death decisions after Terri Schiavo / Lois Shepherd.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

x, 222 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Schiavo, Terri,--1963-2005.
Terminal care.
Right to die.
Euthanasia.
Schiavo, Terri,--1963-2005.
Euthanasia, Passive--ethics.
Decision Making--ethics.
Enteral Nutrition--ethics.
Life Support Care--ethics.
Persistent Vegetative State.
Withholding Treatment--legislation & jurisprudence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-213) and index.

Contents:

Disorders of consciousness and the permanent vegetative state -- Legal and political wrangling over Terri's life -- In context--law and ethics -- Terri's wishes -- The limits of evidence -- The implications of surrogacy -- Qualities of life -- Feeding -- The preservation of life -- Respect and care : an alternative framework.

Series:

Studies in social medicine

ISBN:

0807832952 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807832950 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)261174622

LCCN:

2008045187

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)