Understanding bioethics and the law : the promises and perils of the brave new world of biotechnology / Barry R. Schaller ; foreword by Todd Brewster.

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Publication details:
Westport, Connecticut : Praeger, 2008.
Record id:
72362
Author:
Schaller, Barry R., 1938-
Subject:
Medical laws and legislation -- United States.
Bioethics -- United States.
Medical jurisprudence -- United States.
Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction : bioethics on trial
Chapter 2. The context of bioethics, law, and society
Chapter 3. The legal landscape of human research litigation
Chapter 4. Better off dead? can judges be metaphysicians?
Chapter 5. Body parts : allocating organs
Chapter 6. Stem cells : promise and politics
Chapter 7. Boundaries at the end of life : the strange case of Terri Schiavo
Chapter 8. New frontiers.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780275999186
Phys. description:
xviii, 241 p. ; 25 cm