The case of Terri Schiavo
Subtitle: ethics, politics, and death in the 21st century
By: edited by Kenneth W. Goodman.
Contributors: Goodman, Kenneth W., 1954-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780195399080
Subjects: Schiavo, Terri, -- 1963-2005; Schiavo, Terri, -- 1963-2005; 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; Euthanasia, Passive -- ethics -- United States; Right to Die -- ethics -- United States; Bioethics -- United States; Legislation as Topic -- United States; Persistent Vegetative State -- United States
Genres: Case studies; Biography
Description: "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 extensively litigated health care disputes. The Case of Terri Schiavo assembles a team of first-hand participants and content experts to provide thoughtful and nuanced analyses. In addition to a comprehensive overview, the book includes contributions by Ms. Schiavo's guardian ad litem, a neurologist and lawyer who participated in the case, and scholars who examine issues related to litigation, faith, gender, and disability. The volume also includes a powerful dissent from the views of many scholars in the bioethics community. The book is intended for students, health care professionals, policy makers, and other in search of carefully reasoned analyses of the case that will shape our view of death and end-of-life medical care for decades."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Terri Schiavo and the culture wars : ethics vs. politics / Kenneth W. Goodman; title: At Theresa Schiavo's bedside : a guardian's role and reflections / Jay Wolfson; title: Schiavo, privacy and the interests of law / Daniel N. Robinson; title: The Schiavo maelstrom's potential impact on the law of end-of-life decision-making / Kathy L. Cerminara; title: The continuing assault on personal autonomy in the wake of the Schiavo case / Jon B. Eisenberg; title: A common uniqueness : medical facts in the Schiavo case / Ronald E. Cranford; title: Crossing the borderlands at nightfall : new issues in moral philosophy and faith at the end of life / Laurie Zoloth; title: Disability rights and wrongs in the Terri Schiavo case / Lawrence J. Nelson; title: Framing Terri Schiavo : gender, disability and fetal protection / Robin N. Fiore; title: Terri Schiavo and televised news : fact or fiction? / Robert M. Walker, Jay Black.