The Right to Die · A Reference Handbook by Ball, Howard -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1 Background and History

Introduction Changes in How We Die The Changing Doctor-Patient Relationship The First Efforts to Pass Euthanasia Bills in America The Medicalization of Death The Basic Arguments Supporting and Opposing PAD

The Arguments of Supporters of PAD The Major Groups Supporting PAD Doctors as “Indiscriminate Zealots” The Conventional Physician/Supporter of PAD Professional Medical Groups Supportive of PAD Nonmedical Groups Supporting PAD The Two Major PAD Pressure Groups The Alternatives Available to Terminally Ill Patients if PAD Is Not Legal Becoming a “Death Tourist” The Arguments in Opposition to PAD Religious Groups Opposed to PAD Medical Groups Opposed to PAD Vulnerable Groups’ Opposition to PAD Not Dead Yet: The Disabled Community’s Vocal Advocate

Conclusion References

2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions

Introduction The Right to Die Battle in the Courts

Efforts to Pass Right to Die Legislation: 1990–2016

The Role of State Courts in the Right to Die Controversy

Baxter v. Montana (2009) Morris v. New Mexico (2014–2016)

Some Unresolved Problems Linked with Aid in Dying

Fears The Patient–Doctor Relationship Trust and Mistrust in the Health Care System The Semantic Problem The Supreme Court and the Constitution The “To Be Terminal, or Not to Be ‘Terminal’” Problem: An Example of the Slippery Slope?

The Right to Die Dilemma: Is There a Solution?

The Resolvable Problems The Unbending Problem

References

3 Perspectives

4 Profiles

Introduction Individuals Supporting Death with Dignity Laws

Marcia Angell Margaret P. Battin Gerald Dworkin Linda Ganzini Booth Gardner Stephen Hawking Derek Humphry Jack Kevorkian Barbara Coombs Lee Barron H. Lerner Brittany Maynard Philip Nitschke Timothy E. Quill Eli D. Stutsman Katheryn L. Tucker Dick and Ginny Walters Samuel D. Williams

Individuals Opposed to Death with Dignity Laws

John Ashcroft Sissela Bok Diane Coleman Ezekiel J. Emanuel Atul Gawande Jyl Gentzler Herbert Hendin Sister Nuala Kenny Vicki D. Lachman Joanne Lynn Robert D. Orr Frank A. Pavone Pope Pius XII, Pope John Paul II, and Pope Francis William H. Rehnquist Cicely Saunders Antonin Scalia Joni E. Tada Florence S. Wald

Organizations Supporting Death with Dignity Laws

American Medical Students Association American Medical Women’s Association American Pharmacists Association American Psychological Association American Public Health Association Compassion & Choices Compassion in Dying Federation Death with Dignity National Center Final Exit Network Gray Panthers Hemlock Society Lambda Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Organizations Opposed to Death with Dignity Laws

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine American Association of People with Disabilities American Geriatrics Society American Medical Association American Nurses Association Autistic Self-Advocacy Network Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc. National Disability Rights Network National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization National Spinal Cord Injury Association Not Dead Yet Operation Rescue Priests for Life United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

References

5 Data and Documents

Introduction Data

Documents

6 Resources

Introduction Books Articles Right to Die Legislation Reports Some Organizations Supporting Right to Die Legislation Some Organizations Opposing Right to Die Legislation

7 Chronology Glossary Index About the Author