When Law and Medicine Meet: A Cultural View

What happens when two systems, law and medicine, are joined in the arena of the court? This work deals with the structure and the premises of two diverse discourse models; the approach is anthropological. Several chapters are preponderantly based on legal research, addressing cases requiring testimo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Romanucci-Ross, Lola (Autor), Tancredi, Laurence R. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Colección:International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, 24
Temas:
Medical sciences.
Bioethics.
Law-Philosophy.
Medicine-Philosophy.
Science-Philosophy.
Medical laws and legislation.
Health Sciences.
Philosophy of Law.
Philosophy of Medicine.
Philosophy of Science.
Medical Law.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Primitive Yet Contemporary: Matrices of Meaning
  • The Shape of Believing
  • From Myth to Law
  • The Romance of Science and Medicine
  • The Science of Commitment
  • Criminal Behavior and Brain Imaging Techno-Science
  • DNA Fingerprinting
  • Notes from the Trial of the Century
  • Logics of Discovery, Chance, and Scientific Evidence in the Court.

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