Title The Case of Terri Schiavo : Ethics, Politics, and Death in the 21st Century / edited by Kenneth W. Goodman

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 259 pages) Contents Terri Schiavo and the culture wars : ethics vs. politics / Kenneth W. Goodman -- At Theresa Schiavo's bedside : a guardian's role and reflections / Jay Wolfson -- Schiavo, privacy, and the interests of law / Daniel N. Robinson -- The Schiavo maelstrom's potential impact on the law of end-of-life decision making / Kathy L. Cerminara -- The continuing assault on personal autonomy in the wake of the Schiavo case / Jon B. Eisenberg -- A common uniqueness : medical facts in the Schiavo case / Ronald E. Cranford -- Crossing the borderlands at nightfall : new issues in moral philosophy and faith at the end of life / Laurie Zoloth -- Disability rights and wrongs in the Terri Schiavo case / Lawrence J. Nelson -- Framing Terri Schiavo : gender, disability, and fetal protection / Robin N. Fiore -- Terri Schiavo and televised news : fact or fiction? / Robert M. Walker, Jay Black Summary The case of Terri Schiavo, a young woman who spent 15 years in a persistent vegetative state, has emerged as a watershed in debates over end-of-life care. While many observers had thought the right to refuse medical treatment was well established, this case split a family, divided a nation, and counfounded physicians, legislators, and many of the people they treated or represented. In renewing debates over the importance of advance directives, the appropriate role of artificial hydration and nutrition, and the responsibilities of family members, the case also became one of history's most exten Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Schiavo, Terri, 1963-2005. SUBJECT Schiavo, Terri, 1963-2005 Schiavo, Terri, 1963-2005 fast Subject Right to die -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States -- Case studies Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States -- Case studies Medical ethics -- United States -- Case studies Coma -- Patients -- United States -- Biography Bioethics. Persistent vegetative state. Euthanasia, Passive -- ethics Right to Die -- ethics Bioethics Legislation as Topic Persistent Vegetative State PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy. Persistent vegetative state Bioethics Coma -- Patients Medical ethics Right to die -- Moral and ethical aspects Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Subject United States Genre/Form Biographies Case studies Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book Author Goodman, Kenneth W., 1954- ISBN 9780199748594 0199748594 9780195399080 0195399080

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