Issues in Law & Medicine articles from March 2005

Issues in Law & Medicine archives from March 2005

Respecting human life in 21st Century America: a moral perspective to extend civil rights to the unborn from creation to natural death.
March 22, 2005... I. Introduction What does respect for human life in the Twenty-first Century require of us? When we consider the controversial bioethical debates between those who believe in the sanctity of life of the "unborn," (1) and those who do not,...

Imperative of "signs of clinical death" for organ transplants: message to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.(Vatican City)(Reprint)
March 22, 2005... Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, 1. To all of you I offer cordial greetings and I would like to express my appreciation for the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, ever devoted to its traditional task of study and reflection on the delicate...

In the matter of Christine B. Biersack in the Ohio Court of Appeals.(convincing evidence before withdrawal of tube feeding may be permitted)
March 22, 2005... HOLDING: Before withdrawal of tube feeding may be permitted, a guardian must establish, by clear and convincing evidence, the treating and consulting physicians' education, training, and experience; the physician's history and experience with...

Pettis v. Smith and Braddock in the Louisiana Court of Appeal.(convincing evidence for intention to decline tube feeding )
March 22, 2005... HOLDING: Tube feeding may be withheld or withdrawn from a person in a persistent semi-conscious state even though her living will did not explicitly decline tube feeding, and there is no clear and convincing evidence of her intention to decline...

Willis v. Wu in the Supreme Court of South Carolina.
March 22, 2005... HELD: South Carolina does not recognize a common law cause of action for wrongful life brought by or on behalf of a child born with a congenital defect because it is impossible to prove that being terminated by elective abortion, and thus never...

Bevington, Linda K. et al. Basic Questions on Genetics, Stem Cell Research, and Cloning.(Novi Libri)
March 22, 2005... Bevington, Linda K. et al. Basic Questions on Genetics, Stern Cell Research, and Cloning. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Kregel Publications, 2004; www.kregel.com. Genetic engineering, stem cell research, and cloning are technologies that affect our...

Basic Questions on Healthcare.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... O'Mathuna, Donal P. et al. Basic Questions on Healthcare. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Kregel Publications, 2004; www.kregel.com. Medicine is about caring for people. It is a moral enterprise, not simply a technique or a pursuit. Though modern...

Taking Advance Directives Seriously: Prospective Autonomy and Decisions Near the End of Life.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Olick, Robert S. Taking Advance Directives Seriously: Prospective Autonomy and Decisions Near the End of Life. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2004; www.press.georgetown.edu. This book is an argument about why and how advance...

Euthanasia in the Netherlands: The Policy and Practice of Mercy Killing.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Cohen-Almagor, Raphael. Euthanasia in the Netherlands: The Policy and Practice of Mercy Killing. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004. This book addresses the pitfalls of policy-making where euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are...