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000350882 05000 $$aKF3827.D4$$bF65 2011
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000350882 1001_ $$aFoley, Elizabeth Price.
000350882 24514 $$aThe law of life and death /$$cElizabeth Price Foley.
000350882 260__ $$aCambridge, Mass. :$$bHarvard University Press,$$c2011.
000350882 300__ $$a304 p. ;$$c25 cm.
000350882 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000350882 5050_ $$aStatutory and common law life -- Constitutional life -- Cardiopulmonary death -- Brain death -- Constitutional death -- Not dead yet -- Unbeing dead isn't being alive.
000350882 520__ $$aAre you alive? What makes you so sure? Most people believe this question has a clear answer--that some law defines our status as living (or not) for all purposes. But they are dead wrong. In this pioneering study, Elizabeth Price Foley examines the many, and surprisingly ambiguous, legal definitions of what counts as human life and death. Foley reveals that "not being dead" is not necessarily the same as being alive, in the eyes of the law. People, pre-viable fetuses, and post-viable fetuses have different sets of legal rights, which explains the law's seemingly inconsistent approach to stem cell research, in vitro fertilization, frozen embryos, in utero embryos, contraception, abortion, homicide, and wrongful death. In a detailed analysis that is sure to be controversial, Foley shows how the need for more organ transplants and the need to conserve health care resources are exerting steady pressure to expand the legal definition of death. As a result, death is being declared faster than ever before. The "right to die," Foley worries, may be morphing slowly into an obligation to die. Foley's balanced, accessible chapters explore the most contentious legal issues of our time--including cryogenics, feticide, abortion, physician-assisted suicide, brain death, vegetative and minimally conscious states, informed consent, and advance directives--across constitutional, contract, tort, property, and criminal law. Ultimately, she suggests, the inconsistencies and ambiguities in U.S. laws governing life and death may be culturally, and perhaps even psychologically, necessary for an enormous and diverse country like ours.
000350882 650_0 $$aDeath$$xProof and certification$$zUnited States.
000350882 650_0 $$aLife and death, Power over$$xMoral and ethical aspects.
000350882 650_0 $$aLife and death, Power over$$xDecision making.
000350882 650_0 $$aRight to life$$zUnited States.
000350882 650_0 $$aRight to die$$xLaw and legislation$$zUnited States.
000350882 650_0 $$aEuthanasia$$xLaw and legislation$$zUnited States.
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