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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schaller, Barry R., 1938-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical laws and legislation--United States.
- Medical laws and legislation.
- United States.
- Bioethics--United States.
- Bioethics.
- Medical jurisprudence--United States.
- Medical jurisprudence.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 241 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
- Contents:
- Introduction : bioethics on trial
- The context of bioethics, law, and society
- The legal landscape of human research litigation
- Better off dead? can judges be metaphysicians?
- Body parts : allocating organs
- Stem cells : promise and politics
- Boundaries at the end of life : the strange case of Terri Schiavo
- New frontiers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-229) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780275999186
- 0275999181
- OCLC:
- 163616556
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