Law and bioethics : an introduction / Jerry Menikoff.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Menikoff, Jerry
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2001.
Subjects:	Medical laws and legislation > United States. Medical care > Law and legislation > United States. Bioethics > United States. Ethics, Medical > United States. Jurisprudence > United States.

Table of 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.

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