Law and Bioethics: An Introduction - Hardcover

Menikoff, Jerry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 087840838X ISBN 13: 9780878408382

Publisher: Georgetown Univ Pr, 2001

Synopsis

A comprehensive introduction to the law concerning bioethics, designed to be accessible to readers with little or no legal training. Detailing how the legal analysis of an issue in bioethics often differs from the "ethical" analysis, the book covers such topics as abortion, surrogacy and cloning.

About this title

About the Author:

Jerry Menikoff is an assistant professor of law, ethics, and medicine at the University of Kansas.

Review:

"It's all here―the most important legal cases in bioethics accompanied by lucid commentary....Menikoff has organized the materials in a manner than makes abundantly clear how the law and bioethics have developed. I cannot think of a better introduction to the topic."―Peter A. Ubel, MD, University of Michigan and Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center

"A comprehensive and carefully structured examination of bioethics and of the law's response . . . will inspire virtually every reader to think again about the issues at stake in the contemporary bioethical debate."―Janet Dolgin, Hofstra University

"A well-written, engaging, and comprehensive casebook."―Mark Siegler, MD, Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, The University of Chicago

About this edition

• Publisher: Georgetown Univ Pr
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 087840838X
• ISBN 13: 9780878408382
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 506