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

By: Series: Studies in social medicinePublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2009.Description: x, 222 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780807832950 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 179.7 22
LOC classification:
  • R726.8 .S4755 2009
NLM classification:
  • WB 65
Contents:
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.

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.

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