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Medicine on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents

Medicine on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents

Cawthon, Elisabeth

Hardcover

Series: On Trial

General ReferenceGeneral Law

ISBN10: 1851095640
ISBN13: 9781851095643
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: Mar 9 2004
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.42
Height: 1.25 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.40
Language: English

A provocative presentation of medicolegal controversies within the American court system from the late 19th through the late 20th century.

Medicine on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents chronicles the changing role of medicine in the American courtroom during the last 150 years. Integrating legal, historical, and medical perspectives, this comprehensive compilation tackles such public controversies as the right to die in the case of Karen Ann Quinlan, Dr. Jack Kevorkian and assisted suicide laws, reproductive rights cases such as Baby M, and issues surrounding mental illness.

The book gives special attention to medical personnel as expert witnesses in the courtroom, a challenge which calls into question deeply rooted notions of professionalism and ethics. A series of criminal and bioethics cases highlights the wide range of debates, while a lively discussion presents issues that may become even more controversial in the future, such as DNA testing and artificial reproductive technology.

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