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.l³-