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Overview
While the American legal system has played an important role in shaping the field of bioethics, Law and Bioethics is the first book on the subject designed to be accessible to readers with little or no legal background. Detailing how the legal analysis of an issue in bioethics often differs from the "ethical" analysis, the book covers such topics as abortion, surrogacy, cloning, informed consent, malpractice, refusal of care, and organ transplantation.
Structured like a legal casebook, Law and Bioethics includes the text of almost all the landmark cases that have shaped bioethics. Jerry Menikoff offers commentary on each of these cases, as well as a lucid introduction to the U.S. legal system, explaining federalism and underlying common law concepts. Students and professionals in medicine and public health, as well as specialists in bioethics, will find the book a valuable resource.
Synopsis
While the American legal system has played an important role in shaping the field of bioethics, Law and Bioethics is the first book on the subject designed to be accessible to readers with little or no legal background. Detailing how the legal analysis of an issue in bioethics often differs from the "ethical" analysis, the book covers such topics as abortion, surrogacy, cloning, informed consent, maplractice, refusal of care, and organ transplantation.
Booknews
Explains the law of bioethics for readers with little or no legal background. Structured like a legal casebook, the book covers topics including abortion, surrogacy, cloning, informed consent, and organ transplantation, and includes the text of almost all of the landmark cases that have shaped bioethics. There is commentary on each of these cases, plus an introduction to the US legal system, explaining federalism and underlying common law concepts. For students and professionals in medicine and public health. Menikoff teaches law, ethics and medicine at the University of Kansas. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)