Report Summary May 13, 2005
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Right to Die
Is it too easy to remove life support?
By Kenneth Jost

Terri Schiavo lay in a “persistent vegetative state” for 15 years until she died on March 31 after hospice staff removed her life-sustaining feeding tube. Schiavo's case touched off a wrenching, nationwide debate that continues in political, legal and medical circles over when, if ever, to withdraw life support from patients unable to express their own wishes. Many advocates and experts. . . .

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Jost, K. (2005, May 13). Right to die. CQ Researcher, 15, 421-444. Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/
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Document URL: http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2005051301


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