Law and Bioethics: An Introduction

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Georgetown University Press, Feb 7, 2002 - Law - 512 pages

While the American legal system has played an important role in shaping the field of bioethics, Law and Bioethics is the first book on the subject designed to be accessible to readers with little or no legal background. Detailing how the legal analysis of an issue in bioethics often differs from the "ethical" analysis, the book covers such topics as abortion, surrogacy, cloning, informed consent, malpractice, refusal of care, and organ transplantation.

Structured like a legal casebook, Law and Bioethics includes the text of almost all the landmark cases that have shaped bioethics. Jerry Menikoff offers commentary on each of these cases, as well as a lucid introduction to the U.S. legal system, explaining federalism and underlying common law concepts. Students and professionals in medicine and public health, as well as specialists in bioethics, will find the book a valuable resource.

 

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Contents

Introduction
1
Federalism and Bioethics
9
The Right to Privacy
17
The Past and Present of Sterilization
39
The Right to Abortion
53
The Brave New World of Reproduction
84
The Interests
128
The DoctorPatient Relationship
151
The Right to Refuse Care
241
The Constitution and the Right to Die
304
Futile Medical Care
356
The Uniqueness of Genetics
377
The Ownership of Life
404
The Definition of Death
443
Organ Transplantation
468
Glossary
495

The Outer Limits of Informed Consent
185
Alternative
209
Experimentation and Research
216
Index
501
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About the author (2002)

Jerry Menikoff is an assistant professor of law, ethics, and medicine at the University of Kansas.

Bibliographic information

TitleLaw and Bioethics: An Introduction
G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
AuthorJerry Menikoff
Editionrevised
PublisherGeorgetown University Press, 2002
ISBN0878408398, 9780878408399
Length512 pages
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Law / Medical Law & Legislation
Medical / Ethics
  
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