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The Law of Bioethics: Individual Autonomy and Social Regulation, 3d

3rd Edition
Marsha Garrison | Carl E. Schneider
ISBN: 9780314291004
Subject: Health-Bioethics
Format: Print - Hardbound
Page Count: 1043
Copyright: 2015 | Status: In Stock
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This casebook covers contemporary issues in bioethics ranging from reproductive choice to decision making about death. It teaches legal doctrine through judicial opinions and statutes; it teaches analytical and practical skills through a diverse set of problems. The casebook also enables students to think broadly about regulatory issues by supplementing traditional legal materials with patients' accounts of their illnesses, doctors' reports of their encounters with patients, ethicists' reflections, and researchers’ findings on how medical decisions are made, the results those decisions produce, and the impact of various forms of legal regulation. Finally, the casebook encourages students to use the law of bioethics as a window into larger questions about the role of law as a form of social regulation and the impact of American culture on the development of law and regulatory strategy.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: American Casebook Series
Publication Date: 03/03/2015

Marsha Garrison, Brooklyn Law School

Carl E. Schneider, University of Michigan Law School

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New and expanded coverage in 3rd edition:

  • New chapter on research ethics, which includes new coverage of globalization and commercialization;
  • New coverage of Affordable Care Act and related litigation; expanded coverage of health care access and cost problems (including medical tourism, wellness programs, Medicare payment standards);
  • Expanded coverage of organ and bone marrow donation, including Flynn v. Holder;
  • New coverage of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLSTs);
  • Expanded coverage of organ donation after controlled and uncontrolled cardiac death.
  • All chapters have been thoroughly updated to reflect the most recent legal developments and research findings.

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