Issues in Law & Medicine articles from June 1997

Issues in Law & Medicine archives from June 1997

The Glucksberg & Quill Amicus Curiae Briefs: verbatim arguments opposing assisted suicide.
June 22, 1997... Editors' Introduction On January 8, 1997, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the assisted suicide cases of Vacco v. Quill(2) (challenging New York's assisted suicide ban) and Washington v. Glucksberg(3)...

Issues in Medical Ethics.
June 22, 1997... Flynn, Eileen P. Kansas City, Mo.: Sheed & Ward, 1996. This volume presents a comprehensive approach to ethical issues in health care. The author provides an analysis of such issues as organ donation, compromised newborns, genetic research,...

Forced Exit: The Slippery Slope from Assisted Suicide to Legalize Murder.
June 22, 1997... Smith, Wesley J. New York: Random House, Inc., 1997. Polls show that many Americans favor legalizing assisted suicide--or the "right to die," as it is sometimes termed. But this book provides convincing evidence that we have been deceived...

Bioethics Yearbook, vol. 5, Theological Developments in Bioethics, 1992-1994.
June 22, 1997... Lustig, B. Andrew, ed. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997. As the field of bioethics has matured, increasing attention is being paid to how bioethical issues are treated in different moral and religious traditions...

Dictionary of Medical Sociology.
June 22, 1997... Cockerham, William C. & Ferris J. Ritchey. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 1997. As a sociological specialty, medical sociology has a distinct history and literature spanning more than four decades. Since its inception in...

Making Medical Spending Decisions: The Law, Ethics and Economics of Rationing Mechanisms.
June 22, 1997... Hall, Mark A. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. One of the most fundamental issues in health care delivery is who should decide which items of medical care are not worth their cost. This book is a fresh and comprehensive exploration...