Law and Bioethics(English, Paperback, Menikoff Jerry)

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Law and Bioethics(English, Paperback, Menikoff Jerry) is written by Menikoff Jerry and published by Georgetown University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0878408398 (ISBN 10) and 9780878408399 (ISBN 13).

While the American legal system has played an important role in shaping the field of bioethics, "Law and Bioethics" is the first book on the subject designed to be accessible to readers with little or no legal background. Detailing how the legal analysis of an issue in bioethics often differs from the "ethical" analysis, the book covers such topics as abortion, surrogacy, cloning, informed consent, malpractice, refusal of care, and organ transplantation. Structured like a legal casebook, "Law and Bioethics" includes the text of almost all the landmark cases that have shaped bioethics. Jerry Menikoff offers commentary on each of these cases, as well as a lucid introduction to the U.S. legal system, explaining federalism and underlying common law concepts. Students and professionals in medicine and public health, as well as specialists in bioethics, will find the book a valuable resource.