If that ever happens to me : making life and death decisions after Terri Schiavo / Lois Shepherd.

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2009.

x, 222 pages ; 23 cm.

Disorders of consciousness and the permanent vegetative state -- Legal and political wrangling over Terri's life -- In context--law and ethics -- Terri's wishes -- The limits of evidence -- The implications of surrogacy -- Qualities of life -- Feeding -- The preservation of life -- Respect and care : an alternative framework.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-213) and index.