Issues in Law & Medicine articles from September 2000

Issues in Law & Medicine archives from September 2000

Assisted suicide and the inalienable right to life.
September 22, 2000... ABSTRACT: This article focuses on a topic largely overlooked by both the supporters and opponents of assisted suicide. The legalization of suicide assistance damages the interests of persons who value the law's full and equal protection of...

Masked intentions: the masquerade of killing thoughts used to justify dehydrating and starving people in a "persistent vegetative state" and people with other profound neurological impairments.
September 22, 2000... ABSTRACT: Denying food and water to profoundly impaired people who may not be conscious, or may only be "minimally" conscious, raises challenging ethical issues. While there is growing support for withdrawing/withholding food and water...

Stenberg v. Carhart.(Nebraska ban on partial birth abortions)
September 22, 2000... Dr. Leroy Carhart is a Nebraska physician who performs abortions in a clinical setting. He brought this lawsuit in Federal District Court seeking a declaration that the Nebraska statute violates the Federal Constitution, and asking for an...

Life and Death in Healthcare Ethics: A Short Introduction.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Watt, Helen. Life and Death in Healthcare Ethics: A Short Introduction. London and New York: Routledge, 2000. Using real-life cases, this book examines a range of choices taken by health care professionals, patients and clients that lead to...

Ethics at the End of Life.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Baergen, Ralph, ed. Ethics at the End of Life. Belmont, California: Wadsworth, 2000. This volume is a collection of twenty-eight essays on medical ethics dealing with the moral issues that arise as people approach death, and is intended as...

Ethics.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Stalcup, Brenda, ed. Ethics. San Diego, California: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 2000. This book is part of the Current Controversies series. It includes chapters entitled: (1) "What Motivates People to Behave Ethically?" (2) "Is American...

Cloning.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Yount, Lisa, ed. Cloning. San Diego, California: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 2000. This is another book in the Current Controversies series. It includes chapters entitled: (1) "The Science of Cloning," (2) "Cloning Animals," (3) "Cloning and...

Life Choices: A Hastings Center Introduction to Bioethics, 2d ed.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Howell, Joseph H. & William F. Sale, eds. Life Choices: A Hastings Center Introduction to Bioethics, 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2000. This book represents what the editors believe are the very best articles...