Strange Bedfellows How Medical Jurisprudence Has Influenced Medical Ethics and Medical Practice /
The pervasive influence of law on medical practice and clinical bioethics is often noted with a combination of exasperation and lamentation. Physicians and non-physician bioethicists, generally speaking, consider the willingness of courts, legislatures, and regulatory agencies to insinuate themselve...
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Dordrecht :
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2002.
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Table of Contents:
- Medical Ethics and Medical Jurisprudence: The Conceptual Landscape
- A Historical Perspective on the Relationship Between Law and Morality
- Law and the Physician-Patient Relationship: Informed Consent in Theory and practice
- From Autonomy to Prospective Autonomy: Advance Directives in Bioethics, Law and Public Policy
- Constitutional Liberty and Privacy: The Supreme Court and the Physician-Patient Relationship
- The dance of Intimacy: Abortion, Medical Ethics and the Constitution
- Death, Dying, and the Responsibility of the Ethical Physician
- The New Synergy Ớ Bioethics in Court
- Lessons Learned and Prospects for the Future of Medical Jurisprudence and Bioethics.