Unplugged : Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America Book

CONTENTS

FOREWORD vii

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix

INTRODUCTION xi

PART ONE

1

Terri Schiavo's Private Years 3

2

Terri Schiavo's Public Years 21

3

The Autopsy of Terri Schiavo 47

PART TWO

4

The Ascent of Medical Technology 57

5

The Law and the Right to Die 73

6

The Case of Nancy Cruzan 87

7

How We Die in America Today 95

8

Dying on the "Institutional Glide Path" 109

9

In Terri Schiavo's Shoes 125

10

My "Living Will" 141

11

Feeding Tubes—The Hardest Question 149

12

But I Believe in the Right to Life! 165

13

Special Concerns of the Disabled Community 175

14

Oregon v. Ashcroft/Gonzales and Physician-Assisted Suicide 185

15

Hospice: The Hidden Jewel 201

16

Where Do We Go from Here? 217

APPENDIX 221

NOTES 227

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND

ADDITIONAL READING 249

RESOURCES 253

INDEX 259