CREATING NEW RIGHT-TO-DIE LAWS

a Free Book on Facebook by James Leonard Park

11 chapters:

A. WINS AND LOSSES IN SPECIFIC PLACES
lawmakers and judges say "yes" and "no"

B. CONVINCING OTHER LAWMAKERS
changing the minds of reluctant legislators

C. SAFEGUARDS TO PREVENT HARMS
worries about unwanted effects---and how to avoid them

D. NEW SPECIAL FEATURES IN RIGHT-TO-DIE LAWS
unexpected developments in new laws

E. FRENCH-SPEAKERS FAVOR THE MEDICAL MODEL
a different mind-set offers a new approach to lawmaking

F. METHODS OF DYING IN RIGHT-TO-DIE LAWS
Which pathways towards death will be officially authorized?

G. GETTING SUPPORT FROM THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
Terminal-care physicians can help to shape legislation.

H. THE RIGHT-TO-DIE IS NOT SUICIDE
The freedom-to-die need not support foolish choices.

I.  CHOOSING DEATH FOR OTHER PEOPLE
the role of proxies in making life-ending decisions

J. OBJECTIONS TO THE RIGHT-TO-DIE
answering the worries raised by opponents

K. PROBLEMS IMPLEMENTING THE RIGHT-TO-DIE
When the right-to-die becomes law, not everyone cooperates.

    This is a small book of meta-journalism.
The author offers comments, analysis, & suggestions
in response to current right-to-die issues in the news.

    These comments are organized into the 11 chapters above.
And each comment is reviewed and updated regularly.
This means that there can be no printed version of this book.
It will always remain a Free Book on Facebook.

    Thus, there can be no publication date.
It will always be the current day,
even tho this effort originally began in 2017.
New items are added as they are inspired by the news.

    Creating New Right-to-Die Laws
appears in the following Facebook Group:
Right-to-Die Legislators.
All persons of good will from anywhere on the planet Earth
are invited to join the discussions in this FB Group.

    At the bottom of each contribution gathered into this book
there is a box for comments and responses from readers.
This is the correct place to ask questions and suggest changes.
Such readers' comments might influence
the next revision of that comment about a right-to-die issue.

    Here is the direct link to table of contents for
Creating New Right-to-Die Laws.
From this table of contents,
you can read any item in any chapter.




Created March 9, 2018; Revised


ALL BOOKS BY JAMES LEONARD PARK
ABOUT DEATH AND THE RIGHT-TO-DIE

How to Die:
Safeguards for Life-Ending Decisions


Right-to-Die Hospice

Choosing Death Wisely:
Notes from the Edge of the Right-to-Die


Your Last Year:
Creating Your Own Advance Directive for Medical Care


Medical Ethics at the End of Life

Creating New Right-to-Die Laws

When Is a Person?
Pre-Persons & Former Persons


Ten Safeguards for Life-Ending Decisions

An Existential Understanding of Death:
A Phenomenology of Ontological Anxiety