دانلود کتاب Deathright

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Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Policy Restraint and the Denial of Death
Evidence of Denial
Americans Part Ways with Death
Summary: Policy Restraint and Death
2 Policy Restraint and the Cultural Context of Death
Other Cultures
American Culture
Summary: The Forces of Restraint
3 Policy Activism and Medical Technology: Emergence of the Right-to-Die Scenario
Interventions Create \"Would-Have-Dieds\"
Interventions Create \"May-Have-Dieds\"
Who Will Pay?
Summary: Medical Technology and the Emergence of the Right-to-Die Scenario
4 Policy Activism and Medical Professionalism: The Doctor-Patient Disconnection
Hospitals Come of Age
Physician-Patient Relations
Avoiding Death Widens the Gulf
The Future of Medical Decisionmaking
Summary: Change Is in the Offing
5 Social Activism and Health-Care Consumerism
Emergence of a Rights Culture
Health-Care Consumerism
The Women\'s Health Movement
Medical Research and the Power of the Press
Summary: The Rights Culture and Changing Roles in Health-Care Decisionmaking
6 Social Activism and the Happy-Death Movement
Ivory-Tower Developments
Grass-Roots Sentiments
Assisted Suicide
Summary: Society Begins to Embrace the Happy-Death Concept
7 Policy Mediation in the State Courts: Consensus on the Cutting Edge
Legal Foundations for a Right to Die
Incompetent Patients and Surrogate Decisionmakers
Artificially Provided Food and Fluids
Who Qualifies to Exercise the Right to Die?
Case Law in Perspective
Summary: Case Law Versus Statutory Law
8 Policy Mediation and the State Legislatures: Common Ground, Divergence, and Liberal Trends
Statutory Overview
Common Ground
Statutory Specifics
Explaining Legislative Behavior
Summary: Policy Forces and Policy Mediation
9 Policy Activism, Restraint, Mediation, and the Right to Die
Activism and Restraint
Policy Mediation
Summary: The Last Word
Notes
References
About the Book and Authors
Index