Issues in Law & Medicine articles from March 2002

Issues in Law & Medicine archives from March 2002

The Dutch experience.(euthanasia)
March 22, 2002... Abstract: Euthanasia has been legally sanctioned in the Netherlands by a series of court decisions going back to the 1970s. The author discusses the cultural and historical factors that may have contributed to this development. In the past...

A critique of Callahan's utilitarian approach to resource allocation in health care.(intensive-care patients)(Daniel Callahan)
March 22, 2002... ABSTRACT: The rationale of this article is grounded in the liberal tradition. It places the individual at the center of concern, and attempts to fortify the individual's basic right to health care. Attention is focused on the writings of Daniel...

Dispensing of controlled substances to assist suicide: a memorandum of the Office of the Attorney General, the United States Department of Justice.
March 22, 2002... As you are aware, the Supreme Court reaffirmed last term that the application of federal law regulating controlled substances is uniform throughout the United States and may not be nullified by the legislative decisions of individual States....

Whether physician-assisted suicide serves a "legitimate medical purpose" under the Drug Enforcement Administration's regulations implementing the Controlled Substances Act.
March 22, 2002... You have asked for our opinion whether a physician who assists in a patient's suicide by prescribing a controlled substance has a "legitimate medical purpose" within the meaning of a regulation of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), 21...

A review of the National Institute of Health's "Guidelines for Research Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells".
March 22, 2002... The use of federal funds to support human embryonic stem cell research is illegal, unethical, and unnecessary. On behalf of Do No Harm: The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics, the purpose of this letter is to advise the agencies...

Twice Dead: Organ Transplants and the Reinvention of Death.
March 22, 2002... Lock, Margaret. Twice Dead: Organ Transplants and the Reinvention of Death. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2002. Although clinical treatment for trauma is similar in virtually all countries where the necessary...

Catholic Health Care Ethics: A Manual for Ethics Committees.
March 22, 2002... Cataldo, Peter J. & Albert S. Moraczewski, eds. Catholic Health Care Ethics: A Manual for Ethics Committees. Boston, Mass.: The National Catholic Bioethics Center, 2001. All Catholic health care professionals share the responsibility to...

Detrimental Effects of Abortion: An Annotated Bibliography with Commentary.
March 22, 2002... Strahan, Thomas W., ed. Detrimental Effects of Abortion: An Annotated Bibliography with Commentary, 3rd ed. Springfield, Ill.: Acorn Books, 2001. This book is a reference guide to studies on abortion. It is the only publication to list all...

The Right to Die with Dignity: An Argument in Ethics, Medicine, and Law.
March 22, 2002... Cohen-Almagor, Raphael. The Right to Die with Dignity: An Argument in Ethics, Medicine, and Law. Piscataway, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2001. The author attempts a balanced approach to the fight to die debate, viewing the dispute from...

Matters of Life and Death: Making Moral Theory Work in Medical Ethics and the Law.
March 22, 2002... Orentlicher, David. Matters of Life and Death: Making Moral Theory Work in Medical Ethics and the Law. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2001. Drawing on his extensive experience in both medicine and law, the author uses...