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The right to die : a reference handbook / by Ball, Howard,1937-;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-328).Background and History -- Introduction -- Changes in How We Die -- The Changing Doctor-Patient Relationship -- The First Efforts to Pass Euthanasia Bills in America -- The Medicalization of Death -- The Basic Arguments Supporting and Opposing PAD -- The Arguments of Supporters of PAD -- The Major Groups Supporting PAD -- Doctors as "Indiscriminate Zealots" -- The Conventional Physician/Supporter of PAD -- Professional Medical Groups Supportive of PAD -- Nonmedical Groups Supporting PAD -- The Two Major PAD Pressure Groups -- The Alternatives Available to Terminally Ill Patients if PAD Is Not Legal -- Becoming a "Death Tourist," -- The Arguments in Opposition to PAD -- Religious Groups Opposed to PAD -- Medical Groups Opposed to PAD -- Vulnerable Groups' Opposition to PAD -- Not Dead Yet: The Disabled Community's Vocal Advocate -- Conclusion -- References -- Problems, Controversies, and Solutions -- Introduction -- The Right to Die Battle in the Courts -- The PVS Cases: The Initial Judicial Foray into the Contemporary Right to Die Controversy -- The Central Role of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Right to Die Controversy -- Efforts to Pass Right to Die Legislation: 1990-2016 -- The Oregon Story, 1994-2006 -- The Unsuccessful State Efforts after 1997 -- Washington State's Battles to Pass a PAD Initiative, 1991-2008 -- The Vermont Effort to Pass a PAD Law, 2003-2015 -- California's Odyssey to the Passage of the End of Life Option Act, 1992-2015 -- The Role of State Courts in the Right to Die Controversy -- Baxter v. Montana (2009) -- Morris v. New Mexico (2014-2016) -- Some Unresolved Problems Linked with Aid in Dying -- Fears -- The Patient-Doctor Relationship -- Trust and Mistrust in the Health Care System -- The Semantic Problem -- The Supreme Court and the Constitution -- The "To Be Terminal, or Not to Be 'Terminal' " Problem: An Example of the Slippery Slope? -- The Right to Die Dilemma: Is There a Solution? -- The Resolvable Problems -- The Unbending Problem -- References -- Perspectives -- Is There a Right to Die? / Robert D. Orr -- My Life Is Mine by Stanley Greenberg and Kay Stambler -- The Campaign to Pass the Patient Choice at End of Life Bill in Vermont / Dick and Ginny Walters -- Why Disability Rights Advocates Oppose Assisted Suicide / Diane Coleman -- The Canadian Journey to Medical Assistance in Dying / Sister Nuala Patricia Kenny -- Physician-Assisted Death as a Legally Available Last Resort Option / Timothy E. Quill -- Death with Dignity, 2016 / E. James Lieberman -- Medical Futility, Then and Now / Barron H. Lerner -- Profiles -- Introduction -- Individuals Supporting Death with Dignity Laws -- Marcia Angell -- Margaret P. Battin -- Gerald Dworkin -- Linda Ganzini -- Booth Gardner -- Stephen Hawking -- Derek Humphry -- Jack Kevorkian -- Barbara Coombs Lee -- Barron H. Lerner -- Brittney Maynard -- Philip Nitschke -- Timothy E. Quill -- Eli D. Stutsman -- Katheryn L. Tucker -- Dick and Ginny Walters -- Samuel D. Williams -- Individuals opposed to death with dignity laws -- Organizations supporting death with dignity laws -- Organizations opposed to death with dignity laws -- Data and documents -- Data -- Top 10 causes of death in America (1850 -- 2015) -- Legislation on assisting suicide (2015) -- National public opinion polls on death with dignity (2014) -- Characteristics of those who used the ODWDA in 2015 -- Characteristics of Oregon patients using ODWDA: cumulative data (1998-2014) -- Family members' view on why patients requested physician-assisted death (2004-2006) -- Documents -- Summary of the 1994 Oregon death with dignity act (ODWDA): requirements -- Janet Reno's statement about ODWDA and the CSA (1998) -- John Ashcroft's memorandum regarding dispensing of controlled substances to assist suicide (2001) -- Pope John Paul II's address, "Life-sustaining treatments and vegetative state: scientific advances and ethical dilemmas" (2004) -- President George W. Bush's signing statement on the Terri Schiavo Case (2005) -- Pope Francis's address "False Compassion": (2014) -- Excerpt from "Dear Brittany": Letter from a terminal brain cancer patient (2014) -- Brittany Maynard's farewell facebook message (2014) -- Excerpts from U.S. Constitution -- Cases impacting the right to die (excerpts) -- Resources -- Introduction -- Books -- Articles -- Right to Die legislation -- Reports -- Some organizations supporting right to die legislation -- Chronology."The Right to Die: A Reference Handbook provides a complete examination of right-to-die issues in the United States that dissects the complex arguments for and against a person's liberty to receive a physician's assistance to hasten death. It covers the legal aspects and the politics of the right-to-die controversy, analyzes the battles over the right to die in state and federal courts, and supplies primary source documents that illustrate the political, medical, legal, religious, and ethical landscape of the right to die. Additionally, the book examines how members of our society typically die has changed in the past 150 years and how the practice of medicine has evolved over that time; explains why the right to die is strongly opposed by many religious groups as well as members of the medical profession; considers the "slippery slope" argument against doctor-assisted suicide; and identifies the reasons that the disabled, the poor, the elderly and infirm, and some members of ethnic, racial, and religious minority groups typically fear physician-assisted death."--Publisher's website.

Subjects: Right to die; Euthanasia; Right to Die.; Euthanasia, Passive.;

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The inevitable : dispatches on the right to die / by Engelhart, Katie,author.;

Introduction -- Modern medicine -- Age -- Body -- Memory -- Mind -- Freedom -- The end -- Timeline."A riveting, incisive, and wide-ranging book about the Right to Die movement, and the doctors, patients, and activists at the heart of this increasingly urgent issue. As much of the world's population grows older, the quest for a "good death," has become a significant issue. For many, the right to die often means the right to die with dignity. The Inevitable moves beyond margins of the law to the people who are meticulously planning their final hours--far from medical offices, legislative chambers, hospital ethics committees, and polite conversation--and the people who help them, loved ones or clandestine groups on the Internet known as the "euthanasia underground." Katie Engelhart, a veteran journalist, focuses on six people representing different aspects of the debate. Two are doctors: a California physician who runs a boutique assisted death clinic and has written more lethal prescriptions than anyone else in the U.S.; an Australian named Philip Nitschke who lost his medical license for teaching people how to end their lives painlessly and peacefully at "DIY Death" workshops. The other four chapters belong to people who said they wanted to die because they were suffering unbearably--of old age, chronic illness, dementia, and mental anguish--and saw suicide as their only option. Spanning Australia, North America, and Europe, Engelhart presents a deeply reported portrait of everyday people struggling to make hard decisions, and wrestling back a measure of authenticity and dignity to their lives"--Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Euthanasia.; Right to die.;

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A dignified ending : taking control over how we die / by Cohen, Lewis M.,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.The Admiral and His Wife -- The Geriatric Romeo and Juliet -- It's Not Like She's Suffering -- Sigmund Freud's Cancer -- You Don't Want Custer -- How Life Turned Out -- Putting the 'Mensch' in Dementia -- You Won't Let Me Suffer Unnecessarily -- My Way - Nothing but Torture -- Fate Worse Than Death? -- Goodbye, My Love -- Dr. Death - Hemlock -- A Well-Worn Sweater -- Bring Out Yer Dead -- The Federation -- Caring Friends -- The Metamorphosis of Caring Friends -- The New Dr. Death -- The Final Two Cases -- Four Boxes of Chocolate -- On Her Own Terms -- My Golden Summer -- Don't Sugarcoat It -- Enough is Enough -- What She Wanted -- Cowboys, Mormons, and Sundance -- We Have Choices -- Last Thoughts."Each year, more than one million people and their loved-ones arrive at a decision to cease attempts at curative medical treatments and shift to hospice care, while one-in-five Americans now live in in geographical regions that have established lawful protocols allowing medical aid in dying--also known as assisted suicide. In this powerful new work, Lew Cohen, a psychiatrist and palliative medicine researcher, reveals a self-determination movement that empowers people to shape the timing and circumstances of their deaths, decriminalizes laws threatening those who help them, and passes assisted dying legislature. He offers a vivid tapestry woven from the candid, inspirational, and graphic stories of individuals who sought to choreograph how they would die. There is nothing simple about these decisions, and A Dignified Ending tackles the intricacies of timing, the presence of dementia and other dire but not terminal conditions, the legal risks, as well as the mixed reactions of the disability community. Cohen illuminates the evolution of right-to-die organizations in the United States, and the impact of activists like Jack Kevorkian, Derek Humphrey, Faye Girsh, Cody Curtis, and Brittany Maynard." -- Publisher's description

Subjects: Right to die.; Right to Die.; Attitude to Death.;

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Physician-assisted death : what everyone needs to know / by Sumner, L. W.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.How Should We Think about Death and Dying? -- What is End-of-life Care? -- What is the Ethical Case in Favor of Physician-Assisted Death? -- What is the Ethical Case Against? -- What is the History of Legal Physician-Assisted Death? -- What are the Options for a Legal Regime? -- What is the Case in Favor of Legalization? -- What is the Case Against? -- What Might Lie Farther Down the Road? -- How might legalization be achieved?Physician-assisted death is now legal in six states, and is the subject of intense political and legal battles across the country. As our population ages, the debate continues. What are the main dividing lines in this debate? What are the principal ethical questions involved? Philosopher and ethicist L.W. Sumner equips readers with everything they need to know to take a reasoned and informed position on these and similar questions. He provides much-needed context by situating physician-assisted death within the wider framework of end-of-life care, and explains why the movement to legalize it now enjoys such strong public support by reviewing the movement's successes to date, beginning in Oregon in 1994 and now extending to twelve jurisdictions across three continents. By providing an overview of the main ethical and legal arguments on both sides, Sumner provides a clear and accessible explanation of why we have yet to resolve the controversy. Lastly, he considers the future political and judicial actions that are necessary for broader reform of end-of-life care. All those who care about how we handle end-of-life dilemmas will benefit from Sumner's deeply informed expertise on this important issue. -- Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Assisted suicide.; Euthanasia.; Right to die.; Suicide, Assisted.; Euthanasia, Active.; Right to Die.;

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Unplugged : reclaiming our right to die in America / by Colby, William H.,1955-;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-251) and index.Terri Schiavo's private years -- Terri Schiavo's public years -- The autopsy of Terri Schiavo -- The ascent of medical technology -- The law and the right to die -- The case of Nancy Cruzan -- How we die in America today -- Dying on the "Institutional glide path" -- In Terri Schiavo's shoes -- My "living will" -- Feeding tubes : the hardest question -- But I believe in the right to life! -- Special concerns of the disabled community -- Oregon V. Ashcroft/Gonzales and physician-assisted suicide -- Hospice: the hidden jewel -- Where do we go from here?

Subjects: Terminal care; Right to die; Life and death, Power over;

© c2006., AMACOM/American Management Association,

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The suicide machine /

Foreword -- From the publisher -- Introduction -- Part 1: 47 Lives -- Death express: Summer of '96 -- Beginning: June 1990-December 1992 -- Suicide streak: January 1993-May 1995 -- For some, it was a party: June 1995-May 1996 -- Kevorkian keeps on: August 1996-February 1997 -- Death is not final: the aftermath -- Part 2: Issues -- He breaks his own rules -- Failure of medicine -- Control at the end -- On the cheap -- Blunt and shy -- Part 3: People -- Biographies in brief of those who died -- Kevorkian goes public -- Singular doctor -- Fieger: beyond bluster -- Ally: Dr Reding -- Different Dr Death -- Part 4: Assisted Suicide Debate -- Black reluctance -- How patients choose -- New attitudes about dying -- Starving as a legal option -- Dr Death, 1915 -- Chronology -- Part 5: Editorial -- Better way awaits.From the Back Cover: Perhaps only Bill Clinton has greater name recognition. But of the millions who know Jack Kevorkian's name, only a handful have understood how Dr. Death works-until now. In a marathon reporting effort that spanned more than a half a year and hundreds of interviews, the staff of the Detroit Free Press took readers inside the lives and the issues. The result-this authoritative account of Kevorkian's crusade as related by those who witnessed it, death by death-is a sometimes poignant, sometimes deeply disturbing journey to the center of medicine's profound dilemma.

Subjects: Right to die.; Assisted suicide.; Kevorkian, Jack.; Terminally ill;

© ©1997., Detroit Free Press,

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Palliative care : the 400-year quest for a good death / by Vanderpool, Harold Y.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."Providing a detailed picture of contemporary palliative care, this book chronicles four centuries of professional and personal advances in the quest for a good death, covering the fight against futile treatments, the history of life-extending treatments and technologies, the liberation of the dying from isolation in hospitals and hard-won victories to secure patients' right to choose"--Acknowledgments -- Preface -- From proclamation to recognition: 1605-1772 -- Minute details and codified conduct:1789-1825 -- That science called euthanasia:1826-1854 -- Polarities between attention and disregard: 1859-1894 -- Challenging the overreach of modern medicine: 1895-1935 -- Never say die versus care for the dying: 1935-1959 -- Times of momentous transition: 1960-1981 -- Progress, threatening seas, and endurance: 1982-1999 -- Choices: 2000 to the present -- Epilogue -- Chapter Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Subjects: Palliative treatment.; Terminal care.; Right to die.; Palliative Care; History, Modern 1601-.; Right to Die; Terminal Care;

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Death on demand : Jack Kevorkian and the right-to-die movement / by DeCesare, Michael,1975-;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: From Janet Adkins to Brittany Maynard -- "A self-imposed mission": four decades of lone activism -- "They'll be after me for this": lighting a movement's fuse -- "A serial mercy killer on our hands": the emergence of Dr. Death -- "We're some friends of Dr. Kevorkian's": pushing for the right to die -- "A game of cat and mouse": Kevorkian on trial -- "I prefer jail to bail": forcing a showdown -- "Well, sir, consider yourself stopped": a leader's fall and a movement's decline -- Conclusion: death with dignity: after Kevorkian."Death on Demand explores the polarizing role of Jack Kevorkian - "Dr. Death" - as the most visible leader of the right-to-die movement. From a feature on the cover of Time magazine to interviews on shows like 60 Minutes, Kevorkian was a high-profile figure in the right-to-die movement, capturing constant media attention as he helped more than one hundred people kill themselves. / The book opens with the death of Janet Adkins in 1990 - Kevorkian's first assisted suicide - then travels back to Kevorkian's medical school days and follows his nearly four decades as a lone activist. Death on Demand draws on Kevorkian's interviews and published work as well as newspaper and magazine articles to describe the doctor's publicity stunts, criminal trials, years in prison, and activities after he was paroled. Author Michael DeCesare examines Kevorkian's actions in the context of the right-to-die movement to understand his crucial role in bringing the controversial practice of assisted suicide into the public conversation." -- Back cover.

Subjects: Right to die.; Euthanasia.; Suicide.; Kevorkian, Jack.; Kevorkian, Jack.; Physicians; Right to Die; Euthanasia; Suicide, Assisted;

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Prescription--medicide : the goodness of planned death / by Kevorkian, Jack.;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-251) and index.

Subjects: Euthanasia.; Right to die.; Suicide.; Executions and executioners.; Organ donors.; Ethics, Medical;

© , Prometheus Books, c1991.

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To die well : your right to comfort, calm, and choice in the last days of life / by Wanzer, Sidney H.; Glenmullen, Joseph,1950-.;

Turning points at life's end -- Rights of the dying patient -- The first turning point : from active treatment to comfort care -- Pain control -- What you should expect from your doctors and nurses -- Family and friends -- The second turning point : making the decision to hasten death -- What options have been used in the past to hasten death? -- Helium : newly used method to end suffering -- Differentiating sadness at the end of life from clinical depression -- The special case of irreversible dementia and end-of-life management -- Planning ahead with advance directives : staying in control -- Allowing a merciful death -- Appendix A: Historical background of the end-of-life movement and current national organizations -- Appendix B: Oregon and physician-assisted dying -- Appendix C: The international scene -- Appendix D: End-of-life organizations -- Appendix E: Sample living will -- Appendix F: Health care proxy form with optional attachment -- Appendix G: Proposed authorization for ending life in situations of irreversible and progressive cognitive decline.Includes notes (p. 188-199) and index.

Subjects: Right to die.; Terminal care; Life and death, Power over; Life and death, Power over; Euthanasia.; Assisted suicide.; Living wills.;

© 2008., Da Capo Press,

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