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If that ever happens to me : making life and death decisions after Terri Schiavo /

Shepherd, Lois L., 1962-

If that ever happens to me : making life and death decisions after Terri Schiavo / Lois Shepherd. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2009. - x, 222 p. ; 23 cm. - Studies in social medicine . - Studies in social medicine. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-213) and index.

Disorders of consciousness and the permanent vegetative state -- Legal and political wrangling over Terri's life -- In context--law and ethics -- Terri's wishes -- The limits of evidence -- The implications of surrogacy -- Qualities of life -- Feeding -- The preservation of life -- Respect and care : an alternative framework.

9780807832950 (cloth : alk. paper)

2008045187


Schiavo, Terri, 1963-2005.


Terminal care.
Right to die.
Euthanasia.

R726.8 / .S4755 2009

179.7

WB 65 / S548t 2009

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