Life, death, and the law / Harrison, Maureen

ISBN13: 
9781880780138
Compare Title: 
lifedeathandthelawlandmarkrighttodiedecisions
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344.73

Life, death, and the law

landmark right-to-die decisions
1997
Contains plain-English versions of the original legal texts of nine right-to-die decisions reached in America's courts, beginning with the landmark case of Karen Quinlan in 1976 which established the right to refuse or withdraw life-sustaining treatment, and continuing through the U.S. Supreme Court's 1997 determination on two right-to-physician-assisted-suicide cases.
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