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.