American bioethics : crossing human rights and health law boundaries / George J. Annas.

American bioethics : crossing human rights and health law boundaries /

Bioethics was "born in the USA" and the values American bioethics embrace are based on American law, including liberty and justice. This book crosses the borders between bioethics and law, but moves beyond the domestic law/bioethics struggles for dominance by exploring attempts to articula...

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Main Author: Annas, George J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Human rights > Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical laws and legislation > Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical laws and legislation > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Bioethics > United States.
Medical laws and legislation.
Human rights.
Bioethical Issues > legislation and jurisprudence > United States.
Bioethical Issues > legislation & jurisprudence > United States.
Legislation, Medical > United States.
Legislation, Medical
Human Rights > United States.
Bioethical Issues > legislation & jurisprudence
Human Rights
United States
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • INTRODUCTION; I.BIOETHICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS; 1.BIOETHICS AND BIOTERRORISM; 2.HUMAN RIGHTS AND HEALTH; 3.THE MAN ON THE MOON; 4.THE ENDANGERED HUMAN; 5.THE RIGHT TO HEALTH; 6.CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; II.BIOETHICS AND HEALTH LAW; 7.CONJOINED TWINS; 8.PATIENT RIGHTS; 9.WHITE COAT POLICE; 10.PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION; 11.THE SHADOWLANDS; 12.WASTE AND LONGING

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