001480090 000__ 05455nam\a22008535i\4500 001480090 001__ 1480090 001480090 003__ DE-B1597 001480090 005__ 20231026035124.0 001480090 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001480090 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001480090 008__ 230918t20122012nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001480090 020__ $$a9780814769751 001480090 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9780814791042.001.0001$$2doi 001480090 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)546930 001480090 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001480090 0410_ $$aeng 001480090 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001480090 050_4 $$aKF3827.E87$$bB357 2016 001480090 072_7 $$aLAW000000$$2bisacsh 001480090 08204 $$a344.7304197$$223 001480090 1001_ $$aBall, Howard, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001480090 24510 $$aAt Liberty to Die :$$bThe Battle for Death with Dignity in America /$$cHoward Ball. 001480090 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2012] 001480090 264_4 $$c©2012 001480090 300__ $$a1 online resource 001480090 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001480090 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001480090 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001480090 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001480090 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIntroduction -- $$t1. The Changing Nature of Death in America -- $$t2. The Plight of the Incompetent Patient in a "Permanent Vegetative State" (PVS) -- $$t3. Terri Schiavo's Tragic Odyssey, 1990-2005 -- $$t4. What Freedom Do We Have to Die with Dignity ? -- $$t5. The Second Path to PAD: Passing Legislation Allowing Death with Dignity -- $$t6. The Pioneering PAD States -- $$t7. America's Transplants -- $$tNotes -- $$tCases Cited -- $$tBibliography -- $$tIndex -- $$tAbout the Author 001480090 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001480090 520__ $$aOver the past hundred years, average life expectancy in America has nearly doubled, due largely to scientific and medical advances, but also as a consequence of safer working conditions, a heightened awareness of the importance of diet and health, and other factors. Yet while longevity is celebrated as an achievement in modern civilization, the longer people live, the more likely they are to succumb to chronic, terminal illnesses. In 1900, the average life expectancy was 47 years, with a majority of American deaths attributed to influenza, tuberculosis, pneumonia, or other diseases. In 2000, the average life expectancy was nearly 80 years, and for too many people, these long lifespans included cancer, heart failure, Lou Gehrig's disease, AIDS, or other fatal illnesses, and with them, came debilitating pain and the loss of a once-full and often independent lifestyle. In this compelling and provocative book, noted legal scholar Howard Ball poses the pressing question: is it appropriate, legally and ethically, for a competent individual to have the liberty to decide how and when to die when faced with a terminal illness?At Liberty to Die charts how, the right of a competent, terminally ill person to die on his or her own terms with the help of a doctor has come deeply embroiled in debates about the relationship between religion, civil liberties, politics, and law in American life. Exploring both the legal rulings and the media frenzies that accompanied the Terry Schiavo case and others like it, Howard Ball contends that despite raging battles in all the states where right to die legislation has been proposed, the opposition to the right to die is intractable in its stance. Combining constitutional analysis, legal history, and current events, Ball surveys the constitutional arguments that have driven the right to die debate. 001480090 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001480090 546__ $$aIn English. 001480090 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. 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