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Understanding bioethics and the law : the promises and perils of the brave new world of biotechnology / Barry R. Schaller ; foreword by Todd Brewster.

By: Schaller, Barry R, 1938-.
Publisher: Westport, CT : Praeger, 2008Description: xviii, 241 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780275999186 (hbk.); 0275999181 (hbk.).Subject(s): Medical laws and legislation -- United States | Bioethics -- United States | Medical jurisprudence -- United States | Medical laws and legislation | Medical jurisprudence | BioethicsDDC classification: 344.73041
Contents:
Preface. - Foreword by Todd Brewster. - Ch. 1. Introduction : bioethics on trial. - Ch. 2. The context of bioethics, law, and society. - Ch. 3. The legal landscape of human research litigation. - Ch. 4. Better off dead? : can judges be metaphysicians? - Ch. 5. Body parts : allocating organs. - Ch. 6. Stem cells : promise and politics. - Ch. 7. Boundaries at the end of life : the strange case of Terri Schiavo. - Ch. 8. New frontiers. Notes. - Selected bibliography. - Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227]-229) and index

Preface. - Foreword by Todd Brewster. - Ch. 1. Introduction : bioethics on trial. - Ch. 2. The context of bioethics, law, and society. - Ch. 3. The legal landscape of human research litigation. - Ch. 4. Better off dead? : can judges be metaphysicians? - Ch. 5. Body parts : allocating organs. - Ch. 6. Stem cells : promise and politics. - Ch. 7. Boundaries at the end of life : the strange case of Terri Schiavo. - Ch. 8. New frontiers. Notes. - Selected bibliography. - Index.