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The euthanasia/assisted-suicide debate / Demetra M. Pappas.

by Pappas, Demetra M.

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Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, c2012.

Euthanasia -- Law and legislation -- United States.

Assisted suicide -- Law and legislation -- United States.

Right to die -- Law and legislation -- United States.

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http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy13pdf01/2012022300.html

9780313341878 (hbk. : alk. paper)

0313341877 (hbk. : alk. paper)

Historical guides to controversial issues in America.

xxiii, 183 p. ; 25 cm.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Medical euthanasia and assisted suicide: a twentieth-century issue -- 2: 1930s and 1940s: from the King of England to the Holocaust -- 3: 1950s: the first Anglo-American prosecutions for medical euthanasia and the resulting academic debate -- 4: 1960s-1980s: decriminalizing suicide and non-voluntary euthanasia of those in persistent vegetative states -- 5: 1990s and Jack "Dr Death" Kevorkian: from physician-assisted suicide to medical euthanasia -- 6: 1990s: the non-Michigan parallel text of doctor prosecution and initial failed legislative efforts -- 7: Legalizing and implementing physician-assisted suicide in Oregon in the 1990s and 2000s -- 8: 2000s: post-millennium case studies of state reactions to euthanasia and assisted suicide -- Concluding commentary -- Appendix: Table of cases, legislation, proposed legislation, and initiatives -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Overview: Emotional public responses to widely publicized right-to-die and euthanasia cases, such as those revolving around Dr. Jack Kevorkian and Terri Schiavo, highlight their volatile mix of medical, ethical, religious, legal, and public policy issues. The Euthanasia/Assisted-Suicide Debate explores how this debate has evolved over the past 100 years as judicial approaches, legislative responses, and prosecutorial practices have shifted as a result of changes in medical technology and consumer sophistication. Emphasizing the period from the 1950s forward, the book offers an unbiased examination of the origins of the modern medical euthanasia and assisted-suicide debates, the involvement of physicians, the history and significance of medical technology and practice, and the role of patients and their families in the ongoing controversy. This illuminating exploration of concepts, issues, and players will help readers understand both sides of the debate as viewed by participants.

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