The right to die debate : a documentary history / edited by Marjorie B. Zucker.

Contributor Zucker, Marjorie B. (Marjorie Bass), 1919-2006.

Imprint:Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.

Descriptionxxx, 303 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:Death and how we face it -- Some literature about death -- Definitions of death -- Responses to the reality of death -- Medical advances, care of the dying, and the euthanasia movement before 1952 -- Death in the nineteenth century -- Mortality, 1900-1950 -- The early euthanasia movement -- The euthanasia movement in Great Britain and the United States -- Attempts to legalize euthanasia in the United States -- Opposition to the euthanasia movement -- Mercy killings -- Changes in medical care and the way we die: the euthanasia movement, 1953-1965 -- Advance directives: their legalization and implementation -- The original living will -- Medical power of attorney: health care agent appointed by the patient -- Federal law relating to advance directives -- The role of the courts in end-of-life decision making -- Suicide, assisted suicide, and euthanasia -- Attempts to legalize physician-assisted suicide -- Palliative care.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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