Strange Bedfellows
Subtitle: How Medical Jurisprudence has Influenced Medical Ethics and Medical Practice
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Springer; Kluwer Academic/Plenum
Published: November 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780306466656
Subjects: Medical; Legal Reference / Law Profession; USA; Ethics; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Medical Law & Legislation; Law / Medical Law & Legislation; Medical : Ethics; Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Philosophy : Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Forensic Medicine; Medical Ethics; Medical jurisprudence
First sentence: Fifty years ago there were no university undergraduate courses in medical ethics, or graduate courses in philosophy with medical ethics as their subject matter.
Description: "The relationship between law and bioethics and the influence of both on medical research and clinical practice is a topic that is often mentioned but rarely subjected to sustained critical analysis. This book considers a number of issues in medicine in which the influence of the law has been most profound and positive, including informed consent, advance directives, constitutional liberties and privacy, standards for pain management and end-of-life care"--Back cover.