Discusses the legal aspects of the right-to-die debate, addressing issues including the withdrawal of life support, the growing popularity of living wills, whether condemned felons should be allowed to waive stays of execution, and other important topics.
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From Publishers Weekly
In a penetrating, humane and accessible study, Urofsky ( A Conflict of Rights ) focuses on the role of law in an individual's exercise of his or her "right to die." With arguments based on rights to autonomy, privacy and freedom of expression, the author, a professor of history and constitutional law at Virginia Commonwealth University, advocates such legally binding "advance directives" as Living Wills and the use of legal surrogates. Citing such famous courtroom suits as those of Karen Anne Quinlan and Baby Jane Doe, he reviews the powerful influences exerted on those struggling with these issues by religion, ethnic traditions and medical ethics. Ideally, he concludes, the law should not intervene directly, but should "provide a procedural framework"--here outlined--to guide those charged with decision-making.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
In this competently researched and readable book, Urofsky, professor of history and constitutional law and a prolific author ( A Conflict of Rights , LJ 2/1/91) writes of the evolving U.S. law regarding the constitutionally protected "right to die." In such cases as Nancy Cruzan and Karen Anne Quinlan, courts have explored this right and its applicability to incompetent persons. While focusing on euthanasia, Urofsky also discusses suicide and the death penalty. Clearly explaining legal terms and issues for lay readers, his writing is generally fair-minded and refreshingly free of the shrillness that mars some works on this subject. Living will and healthcare proxy forms are also included. For most libraries. (Index not seen.)-- Carol Lewis Watwood, Western Kentucky Univ. Lib., Bowling Green
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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