Dying and Death in Law and Medicine A Forensic Primer for Health and Legal Professionals

Name: Dying and Death in Law and Medicine A Forensic Primer for Health and Legal Professionals
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ISBN: 9780275939281

ISBN-10: 0275939286

ISBN-13: 9780275939281

Edition: 1993

Authors: Arthur S. Berger

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While health professionals may be adequately informed about the legal aspects of many specialized areas of medicine and nursing, they may not totally understand the law applicable to cases of dying patients, or even the legal definition of death itself. In the wake of advances in medical technology, recent court decisions on the right to die, the enactment of natural death and brain death statutes, advance directives and living wills, and growing use of organ transplantation, there has been widespread concern about the legal and ethical issues surrounding these subjects. This book, written by a lawyer-thanatologist, will satisfy these needs. It is the first work to bring together case and…

Book details

Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 12/10/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Preface


Medical Foreword



Legal Foreword



Raphael Steinhardt Death: Issues and Law Death Comes Alive


The Dying Patient The Dying Patient: Nothing But the Truth


The Dying Patient: On the Deathbed


Right to Die Right to Die: Meanings and Strategy


Playing God: The Issues The Last Resort


Competence and Incompetence Advance Directives Advance Directives and Death with Dignity


Determination of Death Defining Death Anatomical Gifts


The Gift of Life: Law and Ethics Law: Forms and Sources Law Forms, Systems and Procedures


Sources of Law: How to Look Them Up Appendices Death-Related Statutes and Common Law


Doctrines Guide to the Law Library


Table of Cases


Selected Bibliography


Index