Bioethics and Public Health Law

Name: Bioethics and Public Health Law
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ISBN: 9781454805359

ISBN-10: 1454805358

ISBN-13: 9781454805359

Edition: 3rd 2013 (Revised)

Authors: David Orentlicher, Mary Anne Bobinski, Mark A. Hall

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Book details

List price: $164.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Publication date: 5/31/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 786
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.75" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 3.102

David Orentlicher is Samuel R. Rosen Professor at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. A scholar of constitutional law and a former state representative, David also has taught at Princeton University and the University of Chicago Law School. He earned degrees in law and medicine at Harvard and specializes as well in health care law and ethics.



Summary of Contents



Introduction



Overview of Cases



The Nature of Medical Practice



The Health Care Financing and Delivery System



Moral, Economic, and Political Themes



The Treatment Relationship



The Duty to Treat



Confidentiality, Consent and Conflicts of Interest



The Right and "Duty" to Die



Refusal of Life-Sustaining Treatment



Physician-Assisted Suicide



Futility



Organ Transplantation: The Control, Use, and Allocation of Body Parts



Organ Donation



Ownership and Control of the Body



Allocation of Organs



Reproductive Rights and Genetic Technologies



A Right to Procreate?



A Right to Avoid Procreation?



State or Federal Recognition of Fetal Interests



Using Reproductive Technologies to Create New Families



Ethical and Legal Implications of Advances in Genetics



Public Health Law



Public Health Strategies



The Source and Limit of Authority to Protect Public Health



Regulating Medical Treatment to Protect Public Health



Conclusion


Glossary of Organizational Terms and Acronyms


Table of Cases


Index