Issues in Law & Medicine articles from September 2002

Issues in Law & Medicine archives from September 2002

Dutch perspectives on palliative care in the Netherlands.
September 22, 2002... Abstract: This study reports data gathered via extensive interviews with some of the leading authorities on the euthanasia policy that were conducted in the Netherlands. They were asked: It has been argued that the policy and practice of...

A critique on the concept of "brain death".
September 22, 2002... Abstract: Since the concept of "brain death" was introduced in medical terminology, enough evidence has come to light to show that the concept is based on an unclear and incoherent theory. The "brain death" concept suffers by internal...

Women's Health After Abortion.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Toronto, Ontario: The deVeber Institute for Bioethics and Social Research, 2002; . The book is based on over five hundred articles that have appeared in medical and other journals, chiefly during the past twenty years. Much of the...

Allocating Scarce Medical Resources: Roman Catholic Perspectives.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2002; 800-537-5487; 410-516-6998 (fax). The essays that make up this book grew out of papers that were written and rewritten during and after a series of meetings involving a small working...

Cutting-Edge Bioethics: A Christian Exploration of Technologies and Trends.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Grand Rapids, Mich.: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2002; 800-253-7521; 616459-6540 (fax). This new book from the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity provides a faith-based evaluation of recent technologies and trends in...

Crafting a Cloning Policy: From Dolly to Stem Cells.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2002; 800-537-5487; 410-516-6998 (fax). Ever since the cloning success of Dolly, the Scottish lamb, followed swiftly by other animal cloning experiments, the merits and demerits of human...

Culture of Life, Culture of Death: Proceedings of the International Conference on "The Great Jubilee and the Culture of Life".(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... London: The Linacre Centre, 2002. This volume contains the majority of invited papers and all the papers submitted on the initiative of their authors, which were delivered at an International Conference on "The Great Jubilee and the...