La and Medicine Current Legal Issues 2000 Volume 3 [Hardcover]

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.


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.ló!