Issues in Law & Medicine articles from June 1989

Issues in Law & Medicine archives from June 1989

The infant with anencephaly: moral and legal dilemmas.
June 22, 1989... The Infant with Anencephaly: Moral and Legal Dilemmas Advances in modern medicine have given birth to realities that were once merely dreams. Medical technology has provided today's patients with alternatives that were previously nonexistent....

Ethical considerations in the life of a child with Down syndrome.
June 22, 1989... Ethical Considerations in the Life of a Child with Down Syndrome Ethical concerns have been with mankind since the dawn of civilization, and physicians have faced ethical questions relating to various clinical situations throughout history....

Matter of Westchester Medical Center O'Connor. (withdrawal of lifesaving medical treatment)
June 22, 1989... Matter of Westchester Medical Center (O'Connor) HELD: Before withdrawing lifesaving medical treatment from an incompetent patient, there must be clear and convincing proof that the patient, while competent, made a firm and settled ...

Cruzan v. Harmon. (powers of guardians of the incompetent, Missouri)
June 22, 1989... Cruzan v. Harmon HELD: A guardian may not order that food and water be withheld from an incompetent ward in a persistent vegetative state who is neither dead nor terminally ill as defined under Missouri state statute. Informed...

Private Acts, Social Consequences: AIDS and the Politics of Public Health.
June 22, 1989... Bayer, Ronald. Private Acts, Social Consequences: AIDS and the Politics of Public Health. The author takes the view that the consequences of AIDS transmission are a legitimate and essential concern of the state and the community. From within...

On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics.
June 22, 1989... Lammers, Stephen E., and Allen Verhey, eds. On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics. This volume is an anthology of 105 theological essays dealing with religion, medicine, and medical ethics. The editors note in the...

Biblical/Medical Ethics.
June 22, 1989... Payne, Franklin E., Jr. Biblical/Medical Ethics. The author is concerned that Christians have been overly influenced by secular and scientific thinking, which is often at enmity with biblical truth, and have therefore not taken a broad or...

Cross Cultural Perspectives in Medical Ethics: Readings.
June 22, 1989... Veatch, Robert M., ed. Cross Cultural Perspectives in Medical Ethics. This is an anthology of foundational documents on various systems of medical ethics from Western religious traditions, non-Western religious traditions, and secular...

Bioethical Frontiers in Perinatal Intensive Care.
June 22, 1989... Harris, Chandice C., and Fraser Snowden, eds. Bioethical Frontiers in Perinatal Intensive Care. Five conference presentations and a panel discussion by humanities scholars address the bioethical issues of perinatal intensive care. The...