The Case of Terri Schiavo

Ethics, Politics, and Death in the 21st Century
Herausgeber: Goodman, Kenneth

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The case of Terri Schiavo is a watershed in debates over end-of-life care. This volume assembles a team of first-hand participants and content experts. It is intended for students, health care professionals, policy makers and others in search of carefully reasoned analyses of the case that will shape end-of-life care for decades.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 165mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9780195399080
• ISBN-10: 0195399080
• Artikelnr.: 26569663

Autorenporträt

Kenneth W. Goodman Professor and Director, Bioethics Program, Co-Director, Ethics Progran, University of Miami

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* List of Contributors
* 1: Terri Schiavo and the Culture Wars: Ethics vs. Politics, Kenneth
W. Goodman
* 2: At Theresa Schiavo's Bedside: A Guardian's Role and Reflections,
Jay Wolfson
* 3: Schiavo, Privacy, and the Interest of Law, Daniel N. Robinson
* 4: The Schiavo Maelstrom's Potential Impact on the Law of End-of-Life
Decision-Making, Kathy L. Cerminara
* 5: The Continuing Assault on Personal Autonomy in the Wake of the
Schiavo Case, Jon B. Eisenberg
* 6: A Common Uniqueness: Medical Facts in the Schiavo Case, Ronald E.
Cranford
* 7: Crossing the Borderlands at Nightfall: New Issues in Moral
Philosophy and Faith at the End of Life, Laurie Zoloth
* 8: Disability Rights and Wrongs in the Terri Schiavo Case, Lawrence
J. Nelson
* 9: Framing Terri Schiavo: Gender, Disability, and Fetal Protection,
Robin N. Fiore
* 10: Terri Schiavo and Televised News: Fact or Fiction?, Robert M.
Walker and Jay Black
* Appendix: Timeline of Key Events in the Case of Theresa Marie Schiavo
* Index