Right to Die: The Law of End-of-Life Decisionmaking, Third Edition - 0735546657 - 9780735546653

The Right To Die: The Law of End-of-Life Decisionmaking, Third Edition by Alan Meisel, Kathy L. Cerminara

by: Alan Meisel, Kathy L. Cerminara
March 2004, ISBN 0735546657
ISBN 13: 9780735546653
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The Right to Die, Third Edition analyzes the statutory and case law surrounding the profound issues of end-of-life decisionmaking. Whether the situation calls for long-term planning or quick, unexpected decisionmaking, this cogent, one source treatise guides you through all the available channels for helping your clients reach the ultimate resolution.

This comprehensive edition guides general practitioners, elder law, health law, and health care professionals through complex issues pertaining to passive and active hastening of death and such subsequent statutes as The Oregon Death with Dignity Act. Also covered in the Third Edition are such issues as:

Civil and Criminal liability for such efforts
Do-not-resuscitate orders
Advance directives
Health care powers of attorney
Palliative medical care
Decisionmaking for children and newborns
Surrogate decisionmaking statutes
Resolution in a clinical versus a court setting
And much more

What is the Right to Die
Nature and Sources of the Right to Die
The Appropriate Forum for End-of-Life Decisionmaking: Courts or Clinical Settings
Decisionmaking Standards for Incompetent Patients
Limitations on End-of-Life Decisionmaking
Application of End-of-Life Principles to Particular Treatments and Illnesses
Advance Directives
Surrogate (Family)Decisionmaking Statutes
Decisionmaking for Children
Decisionmaking for Handicapped Newborns
Civil Liability
Criminal Liability: Assisted Suicide and Active Euthanasia
The Problem of 'Futile' Medical Treatment