Limits : the role of the law in bioethical decision making /

The ethical and social dilemmas associated with abortion, sterilization, assisted reproduction, genetics, death and dying, and biomedical research have led many to turn to the legal system for solutions. Roger B. Dworkin argues that resort to law is often misguided and overlooks the limitations of l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dworkin, Roger B., 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©1996.
Colección:Medical ethics series.
Temas:
Medical laws and legislation > United States.
Genetic engineering > Law and legislation > United States.
Bioethics > United States.
Ethics, Medical > legislation & jurisprudence
Bioethics > legislation & jurisprudence
Jurisprudence
Médecine > Droit > États-Unis.
Génie génétique > Droit > États-Unis.
Bioéthique > Droit > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Ethics, Medical > United States.
Jurisprudence > United States.
Bioethics
Genetic engineering > Law and legislation
Medical laws and legislation
Bio-ethiek.
Recht.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Biomedical advance and the American legal system
  • Abortion: the perils of thinking big
  • Sterilization: the big advantage of thinking small
  • Alternative reproductive techniques
  • The new genetics
  • Death and dying
  • Controlling research: administrative law, human subjects, and the power of the purse.

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