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Understanding bioethics and the law : the promises and perils of the brave new world of biotechnology
Title:
Understanding bioethics and the law : the promises and perils of the brave new world of biotechnology
Author:
Schaller, Barry R., 1938-
ISBN:
9780275999186
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Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
Physical Description:
xviii, 241 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
The context of bioethics, law, and society -- The legal landscape of human research litigation -- Better off dead? can judges be metaphysicians? -- Body parts : allocating organs -- Stem cells : promise and politics -- Boundaries at the end of life : the strange case of Terri Schiavo -- New frontiers.