TY - BOOK AU - Schaller,Barry R. TI - Understanding bioethics and the law: the promises and perils of the brave new world of biotechnology SN - 9780275999186 (hbk.) U1 - 344.73041 PY - 2008/// CY - Westport, CT PB - Praeger KW - Medical laws and legislation KW - United States KW - Bioethics KW - Medical jurisprudence N1 - 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 ER -