Legal perspectives in bioethics
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Ana Smith Iltis; Sandra H Johnson; Barbara A Hinze
- ناشر : New York : Routledge
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2008
- شابک / ISBN : 9780415701488
Description
Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Law and bioethics / Sandra H. Johnson, Ana S. Iltis, Barbara A. Hinze -- 2. A review of current issues in the regulation of human-subject research in the United States / Jesse A. Goldner -- 3. Financial conflicts of interest in human subjects research : domestic and international issues / Robert Gatter -- 4. The role and legal status of health care ethics committees in the U.S. / Diane E. Hoffman and Anita J. Tarzian -- 5. What's wrong with health privacy? / Nicholas P. Terry -- 6. Health care and the human genome : regulatory challenge and response / Roberta M. Berry -- 7. Bioethics issues surrounding the beginning of life : legal aspects in the United States / Robyn S. Shapiro -- 8. Acquiring and allocating human organs for transplant : U.S. law / Bethany J. Spielman -- 9. End-of-life legal issues in the U.S. / John Robinson -- 10. Pediatrics, the law, and bioethics / Susan E. Zinner -- 11. Health care decisions for the elderly / Marshall B. Kapp -- 12. Legal regulation of genetic testing : balancing privacy and family interests / Loane Skene -- 13. Assisted reproduction in Ireland / Deirdre Madden -- 14. Canadian legal perspectives in bioethics / Bernard M. Dickens -- 15. Bioethics and New Zealand health law / P.D.G. Skegg -- 16. Bioethics in the developing world / Udo Schüklenk -- Index.
Issues in bioethics often turn, at least in part, on the law and regulatory requirements. Addressing particular bioethics topics from the law's perspective, this book includes an introduction to the American legal system. It also helps you understand the intersection between the law on bioethics and the central issues in bioethics
