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Author Menikoff, Jerry.

Title Law and bioethics : an introduction / Jerry Menikoff.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2001]
©2001

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  344.73041 M545L    Check Shelf
Description x, 506 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents pt. I. American constitutional structure. Federalism and bioethics -- pt. II. Reproduction. Right to privacy -- Past and present of sterilization -- Right to abortion -- Brave new world of reproduction -- Beyond abortion: the interests of women and fetuses -- pt. III. Doctors, patients and standards of care. The doctor-patient relationship -- Outer limits of informed consent -- Beyond "standard care": alternative medicine, experimentation and research
pt. IV. End-of-life decisions. Right to refuse care -- Constitution and the right to die -- "Futile" medical care -- pt. V. New Technologies. "Uniqueness" of genetics -- Ownership of life -- pt. VI. Death and transplantation. Definition of death Organ transplantation.
Subject Medical laws and legislation -- United States.
Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Bioethics -- United States.
Ethics, Medical -- United States.
Jurisprudence -- United States.
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