If that ever happens to me
Subtitle: making life and death decisions after Terri Schiavo
By: Lois Shepherd.
Series: Studies in social medicine
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780807832950
Subjects: Schiavo, Terri, -- 1963-2005; Schiavo, Terri, -- 1963-2005; Terminal care; Right to die; Euthanasia; Euthanasia, Passive -- ethics; Decision Making -- ethics; Enteral Nutrition -- ethics; Life Support Care -- ethics; Persistent Vegetative State; Withholding Treatment -- legislation & jurisprudence
Description: Presents a comprehensive analysis of the Terri Schiavo case that examines the medical, legal, and media history associated with it, providing help to those facing a similar situation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Disorders of consciousness and the permanent vegetative state; title: Legal and political wrangling over Terri's life; title: In context; title: law and ethics; title: Terri's wishes; title: The limits of evidence; title: The implications of surrogacy; title: Qualities of life; title: Feeding; title: The preservation of life; title: Respect and care : an alternative framework.