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Unplugged : reclaiming our right to die in America / William H. Colby. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Colby, William H., 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terminal care--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Terminal care.
- Right to die--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Right to die.
- Life and death, Power over--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Life and death, Power over.
- Right to Die--ethics.
- Euthanasia, Passive--ethics.
- Persistent Vegetative State.
- Withholding Treatment--ethics.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Right to Die--ethics.
- Euthanasia, Passive--ethics.
- Persistent Vegetative State.
- Withholding Treatment--ethics.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 272 p., [8] p. of plates ) ill. ;
- Place of Publication:
- New York : AMACOM/American Management Association, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Based on court records, personal interviews, and a firsthand vantage point, Unplugged chronicles the extraordinary medical advances that allow us to live longer, healthier lives, but can also make it confoundedly difficult to die. Colby discusses current laws and proposed legislation that affect our ability to make end-of-life decisions and provides insights into decisions we may face about elderly family members, including resuscitation, feeding tubes, and dementia. A portrait of the overwhelming pain that often engulfs families confronting end-of-life decisions, his book also offers tips for writing living wills and an overview of hospice care."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- Terri Schiavo's private years, public years, and autopsy
- The ascent of medical technology
- The law and the right to die
- The case of Nancy Cruzan
- How we die in America today
- Institutional glide path
- Living will
- Feeding tubes
- Right to life
- Concerns of the disabled
- Oregon V. Ashcroft/Gonzales and physician-assisted suicide
- Hospice: the hidden jewel
- Where do we go from here?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-251) and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-12619-5
- 9786611126193
- 0-8144-2948-3
- OCLC:
- 1024277461
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