Medicine on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents

Medicine on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents

by Elisabeth Albrecht Cawthon
ISBN-10:
1851095640
ISBN-13:
9781851095643
Pub. Date:
03/09/2004
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-10:
1851095640
ISBN-13:
9781851095643
Pub. Date:
03/09/2004
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Medicine on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents

Medicine on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents

by Elisabeth Albrecht Cawthon

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Overview

A provocative presentation of medicolegal controversies within the American court system from the late 19th through the late 20th century.

Medicine on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents chronicles the changing role of medicine in the American courtroom during the last 150 years. Integrating legal, historical, and medical perspectives, this comprehensive compilation tackles such public controversies as the "right to die" in the case of Karen Ann Quinlan, Dr. Jack Kevorkian and assisted suicide laws, reproductive rights cases such as "Baby M," and issues surrounding mental illness.

The book gives special attention to medical personnel as expert witnesses in the courtroom, a challenge which calls into question deeply rooted notions of professionalism and ethics. A series of criminal and bioethics cases highlights the wide range of debates, while a lively discussion presents issues that may become even more controversial in the future, such as DNA testing and artificial reproductive technology.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781851095643
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 03/09/2004
Series: On Trial
Pages: 352
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)
Age Range: 13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Elisabeth A. Cawthon is associate professor of history in the Department of History at the University of Texas, Arlington, Arlington, TX.
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