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Title: Long Goodbye: The Deaths of Nancy Cruzan by William H. Colby ISBN: 1-4019-0011-9 Publisher: Hay House Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: If you don't read this, it's your loss.
Comment: Bill Colby is a passionate writer, and his genuine care and concern for the Cruzan family shines brightly in this book. It raises powerful questions about the status of American law on the topic and the morality of the decisions that you hope you -- or your family -- will never, ever face.
P.S. They call it a legal story, but it's not a difficult read. On the contrary, it's very understandable -- no legalese here!
Rating: 5
Summary: A fair and balanced account
Comment: Despite this book being written by the lawyer who represented the parents of Nancy Cruzan who wanted feeding apparatus to be withdrawn and thus to have Nancy die, this book presents the issues and the struggle fairly and even-handedly. This is shown in a way since after reading it I conclude the U.S Supreme Court's decision was right--in the circumstances shown the family could without monetary loss have permitted their child to not be starved to death. The account of the trial and of the appellate history of the case is absorbing and shows the author is an able lawyer, admirable in representing his clients. I have no hesitancy in saying if it had been my child I would not have gone to the efforts which Nancy's father went to in order to have his child die. But psychologically Nancy's parents wanted the living death to end and their lawyer was right to seek the relief his clients desired. An extraordinary book.
Rating: 5
Summary: A profoundly emotional story
Comment: Long Goodbye: The Deaths Of Nancy Cruzan by William H. Colby is the in-depth and true story of a judicial trial concerning Nancy Cruzan, a woman who was thrown from her vehicle and suffered horrific injuries. Since that tragic accident, Nancy has remained in a coma for five years, until her family abandoned hope for her revival and requested the removal of Nancy's feeding tube so her life could end peacefully. But the state intervened and denied the family's wishes. Thus began a extended legal battle began over who had the authority and the right to authorize the end of medical intervention with respect to a patient like Nancy. Long Goodbye is a profoundly emotional story of striving to do what one hopes is the right thing, in accordance with the wishes of those who cannot speak for themselves -- and the role of government to intrude into family and medical issues. This is a profoundly important issue that plays out in our hospitals and nursing homes every day. At the crux of the matter is the right to life, the right to die, and who has the final authority over a loved one caught up in a plight similar to Nancy Cruzan and her family.
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Title: Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life by Ira, M.D. Byock ISBN: 1573226572 Publisher: Riverhead Books Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Death Is That Man Taking Names: Intersections of American Medicine, Law, and Culture by Robert A. Burt, Daniel M. Fox, Samuel L. Milbank ISBN: 0520232828 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 04 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Law School Confidential : A Complete Guide to the Law School Experience by Robert H. Miller ISBN: 031224309X Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback Pub. Date: 14 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: What Dying People Want: Practical Wisdom for the End of Life by David, MD Kuhl ISBN: 1586481193 Publisher: PublicAffairs Pub. Date: 02 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Geriatric Palliative Care by R. Sean, Md. Morrison, Diane E. Meier, Carol Capello, Stephen R. Haynes ISBN: 0195141911 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $79.95 |
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