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Using Terri : the religious right's conspiracy to take away our rights / Jon B. Eisenberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eisenberg, Jon B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Schiavo, Terri, 1963-2005.
- Schiavo, Terri.
- Right to die--Ethics.
- Right to die.
- Religious right.
- Coma--Patients.
- Coma.
- Bioethics.
- Ethics.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 275 pages : facsimiles, illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : HarperSanFrancisco, [2005]
- Summary:
- As one of the lead attorneys on Michael Shiavo's side, Eisenberg reveals what the public didn't know about the Terri Shiavo case and how it will impact the battles still to come. He covers Gov. Jeb Bush's actions--including how he tried to seize Terri but was stopped by Judge George Greer--and the impact of the religious right.
- Contents:
- My cousin Ros
- Family tragedy
- Right to die
- Bioethicists
- Word of God
- Slippery slope
- Voice of the people
- End of life
- Think-tank machinery
- Jeb strikes out
- Judge Greer toughs it out
- Florida legislature bows out
- Tube comes out
- Democrats bail out
- Judges speak out
- Jeb chickens out
- Time runs out
- Vengeance
- Smash the third branch
- Hand-to-hand combat
- My Uncle Bernie.
- Notes:
- "Why the Schiavo case matters for every American, an insider's account"--Book jacket.
- ISBN:
- 0060877324
- OCLC:
- 61464844
- Publisher Number:
- 9780060877323
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