Issues in Law & Medicine articles from June 2003

Issues in Law & Medicine archives from June 2003

A dissent from the many dissents from Attorney General Ashcroft's interpretation of the Controlled Substances Act.(Oregon's Death with Dignity Act)
June 22, 2003... Abstract: In this essay, Professor Marc Spindelman examines the states' rights arguments that have been deployed in the Oregon v. Ashcroft litigation to challenge Attorney General John Ashcroft's interpretation of the federal Controlled...

History "lite" in modern American bioethics.
June 22, 2003... Abstract: This article explores a disconcerting phenomenon. In recent years, in writing on the subject of assisted suicide, several bioethicists have made extraordinary historical claims. The history of Western moral theories that exhibit...

Rose Acuna v. Sheldon C. Turkish, M.D.
June 22, 2003... This is a medical malpractice, informed consent case. The gravamen of the complaint, filed by plaintiff Rosa Acuna individually, and in her capacity as Administratrix of the Estate of "Michael Doe," is that defendant Dr. Sheldon C. Turkish...

Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability.(assisted suicide)(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
June 22, 2003... Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2003; 800-621-2736. From the chapter entitled "Elizabeth Bouvia, Assisted Suicide, and Social Prejudice": Reading through the literature of the suicide rights activists, one is struck by their willing...

What Is Man, O Lord? The Human Person in a Biotech Age.(Book Review)
June 22, 2003... Boston: The National Catholic Bioethics Center, 2002; www.ncbcenter.org. The advances in biotechnology that have made it possible to decipher the human genetic code, to alter the very biological structures of human life, and even to mix...

At Issue: Cloning.(Book Review)
June 22, 2003... New York: Greenhaven Press, 2003; www.gale.com. Unquestionably, opponents of cloning greatly outnumber supporters of the procedure. While some advocacy groups such as the American Anti-Vivisection Society argue that animal cloning is cruel,...

The Nature and Prospect of Bioethics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives.(Book Review)
June 22, 2003... Totowa, New Jersey: Humana Press, 2003; www.humanapress.com. As a field of study only thirty-five years old, bioethics lacks definition about what it is, what it does, what its value may be, and how one prepares to engage the discipline. In...

Rights, Duties and the Body: Law and Ethics of the Maternal-Fetal Conflict.(Book Review)
June 22, 2003... Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing, 2002; www.hartpub.co.uk. In England and in some U.S. states, courts have held that a pregnant woman has the right to refuse medical treatment needed by the fetus. In similar fashion, the idea of a general...