| Description |
xxxv, 584 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Current legal issues ; 2000, v. 3 |
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Current legal issues ; v. 4 |
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Current legal issues ; v. 3
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Current legal issues ; v. 4
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Health Care in Private Hands, C. Newdick -- Information, Technology, Accountability, F. Miller -- The Manipulation of Medical Practice, V. Harpwood -- Clinical Guidelines, Negligence, Practice, H. Teff -- The Challenge of Medical Negligence Claims, L. Mulcahy -- The Limits of Informed Consent, C. Schneider and M. Farrell -- Patient Autonomy - a Turn in the Tide?, R. Bailey-Harris -- Legal Limits: When does Autonomy Prevail?, H. Forster and A. Flamm -- Law, Society, and the New Genetics, R. Dingwall -- The Ethics of Human Cloning, B. Steinbock -- Diversity and the New Genetics, B. Bennett -- Gene Therapy - Cure or Challenge?, S. McLean -- The Unborn Child and its Addicted Mother, K. Norrie -- The Embryo in Islamic Jurisprudence, A. Ebrahim -- The Best Interests of Very Sick Children, M. Freeman -- Autonomy and Caesarian Section, J. Herring -- Policing Pregnancy: Rights and Wrongs, M. Blake -- The Gifts of Life-donating Gametes, L. Waller and D. Mortimer -- Consent and Intent in Assisted Reproduction, F. Shenfield -- Symbolic harm and Reproductive Practices, E. Boetzkes -- Inherent Rights in Assisted Reproduction, J. V. Martinez -- Viagra and the Rhetoric of Choice and Need, H. Biggs and R. Mackenzie -- The Politics of Paternity, C. Daniels and J. Golden -- Research on Human Subjects, J. Harris -- Priorities for Biomedical Research, R. Dresser -- NZ Health Research with Children, N. Peart -- Medical Data and the Need for Principles, A. Vedder -- Pre-employment Health Screening, D. Kloss -- Facilitating Live Adult Donor Transplants?, A. Liu -- Thrift Euthanasia in Theory and Practice, H. Ducharme -- The Comatose Pregnant Woman, E. Bernat -- Taking Stock of the Mental Health Act, P. Bartlett -- Mind and Body: Medicine and Law, B. Mahendra |
| Summary |
"This volume considers the many areas where medicine intersects with the law. Advances in medical research, reproductive science and genetic research give rise to ethical and legal issues that are well known. These are reflected in chapters on cloning, organ donation, choosing genetic characteristics and the use of Viagra."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Medical ethics.
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Medical laws and legislation.
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| Author |
Freeman, Michael D. A.
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Lewis, A. D. E.
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| LC no. |
00037463 |
| ISBN |
0198299184 (acid-free paper) |
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