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“A Rose for Emily,” a rose for Terri: The lifeless body as love object and the case of Theresa Marie Schindler Schiavo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2006

THOMAS SZASZ
THOMAS SZASZ
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Upstate Medical University, State University of New York, Syracuse, New York
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Abstract

The precise circumstances of Theresa Schiavo's disability, the reasons advanced for preserving and ending her life and the covert personal agendas and unacknowledged political-economic forces that may have significantly affected the outcome were investigated and are presented.

Keywords

Terry SchiavoSuicide preventionDrug lawsTherapeutic stateMedical killingthe Economics of dependency
Type
Research Article
Information
Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , June 2006 , pp. 159 - 167
Copyright
© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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