Law and Medicine: Current Legal Issues 2000Volume 3

Law and Medicine: Current Legal Issues 2000Volume 3

Law and Medicine: Current Legal Issues 2000Volume 3

Law and Medicine: Current Legal Issues 2000Volume 3

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Overview

This volume considers the many areas where medicine intersects with the law. Advances in medical research, reproductive science and genetics have given rise to unprecedented ethical and legal quandaries. These are reflected in chapters on cloning, organ donation, choosing genetic characteristics, and the use of Viagra.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198299189
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 10/19/2000
Series: Current Legal Issues , #3
Pages: 620
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.40(d)

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University College London

University College London

Table of Contents

Health Care in Private Hands, C. NewdickInformation, Technology, Accountability, F. MillerThe Manipulation of Medical Practice, V. HarpwoodClinical Guidelines, Negligence, Practice, H. TeffThe Challenge of Medical Negligence Claims, L. MulcahyThe Limits of Informed Consent, C. Schneider and M. FarrellPatient Autonomy - a Turn in the Tide?, R. Bailey-HarrisLegal Limits: When does Autonomy Prevail?, H. Forster and A. FlammLaw, Society, and the New Genetics, R. DingwallThe Ethics of Human Cloning, B. SteinbockDiversity and the New Genetics, B. BennettGene Therapy - Cure or Challenge?, S. McLeanThe Unborn Child and its Addicted Mother, K. NorrieThe Embryo in Islamic Jurisprudence, A. EbrahimThe Best Interests of Very Sick Children, M. FreemanAutonomy and Caesarian Section, J. HerringPolicing Pregnancy: Rights and Wrongs, M. BlakeThe Gifts of Life-donating Gametes, L. Waller and D. MortimerConsent and Intent in Assisted Reproduction, F. ShenfieldSymbolic harm and Reproductive Practices, E. BoetzkesInherent Rights in Assisted Reproduction, J. V. MartinezViagra and the Rhetoric of Choice and Need, H. Biggs and R. MackenzieThe Politics of Paternity, C. Daniels and J. GoldenResearch on Human Subjects, J. HarrisPriorities for Biomedical Research, R. DresserNZ Health Research with Children, N. PeartMedical Data and the Need for Principles, A. VedderPre-employment Health Screening, D. KlossFacilitating Live Adult Donor Transplants?, A. LiuThrift Euthanasia in Theory and Practice, H. DucharmeThe Comatose Pregnant Woman, E. BernatTaking Stock of the Mental Health Act, P. BartlettMind and Body: Medicine and Law, B. Mahendra
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