Bioethics and Public Health Law

Name: Bioethics and Public Health Law
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ISBN: 9780735570047

ISBN-10: 0735570043

ISBN-13: 9780735570047

Edition: 2nd 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Hall, David Orentlicher

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Bioethics and Public Health Law, Second Edition, integrates public health and bioethics into a focused casebook that is ideal for Health Law courses. Clear notes provide context, ensure smooth transitions between cases, and provide background information. The authors' website at www.health-law.org features updates of important events and links to Internet resources. The text blends updated material from Part II of their popular survey book, Health Care Law and Ethics, Seventh Edition, with additional information specific to these topics: The duty to treat and wrongful reasons to reject patients Discrimination Informed consent and experimentation Fiduciary duty The right to health care…

Book details

List price: $114.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Publication date: 2/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 687
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English

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.




Introduction



Overview Cases



The Nature of Medical Practice



The Health Care Financing and Delivery System



Moral and Political Themes



The Treatment Relationship



The Duty to Treat



Informed Consent



The Right and "Duty" to Die



Refusal of Life-Sustaining Treatment



Physician Aid in Dying



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