Death & dying : who decides ? /
[editors, Mei Ling Rein, Abbey M. Begun and Jacquelyn F. Quiram.
- Wylie, TX. : Information Plus, c1998.
- 180 p. : illus., maps ; 28 cm.
- The Information series on current topics. .
Cover title.
Includes bibliographical reference and index.
Death through the ages: a brief overview -- Redefining death -- The right to die: ethical considerations -- The right to die: medical considerations -- Seriously ill children -- Euthanasia and assisted suicide -- Advance directives -- The legal right to die -- The cost of health care -- The elderly -- Public opinions of life and death.
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Euthanasia--Statistics.--United States Medical ethics--Statistics.--United States Assisted suicide--Statistics.--United States