Issues in Law & Medicine articles from September 2004

Issues in Law & Medicine archives from September 2004

The healing philosopher: John Locke's 'Medical Ethics'.
September 22, 2004... ABSTRACT: This article examines a heretofore unexplored facet of John Locke's philosophy. Locke was a medical doctor and he also wrote about medical issues that are controversial today. Despite this, Locke's medical ethics has yet to be...

The Papal allocution on caring for persons in a "vegetative state".
September 22, 2004... ABSTRACT: On March 20, 2004, Pope John Paul II issued a statement to the International Conference on "Life Sustaining Treatments and Vegetative State: Scientific and Ethical Dilemmas" on the provision of food and water to patients in a...

Life-sustaining treatments and vegetative state. (Scientific Advances and Ethical Dilemmas)
September 22, 2004... Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, 1. I cordially greet all of you who took part in the International Congress: "Life-Sustaining Treatments and Vegetative State: Scientific Advances and Ethical Dilemmas." I wish to extend a special...

Brief of Amici Curiae not dead yet et al.: Jeb Bush v. Michael Schiavo.
September 22, 2004... Introduction and Statement of Interest Amici are among the nation's leading civil rights organizations representing people with disabilities. (1) Many are staffed and governed by a majority of people with disabilities of all types,...

In the Supreme Court of Kentucky: Woods v. Commonwealth of Kentucky.
September 22, 2004... HELD: Withdrawal of life-support from a patient is prohibited absent clear and convincing evidence that the patient is permanently unconscious or in a persistent vegetative state and that withdrawing life-support is in the patient's best...

Non-Heart-Beating Organ Donation and Catholic Ethics.
September 22, 2004... Peter A. Clark & Uday Deshmukh, Non-Heart-Beating Organ Donation and Catholic Ethics, 4 NAT'L CATH. BIOETHICS Q. 537 (2004) The reexamination of the Non-Heart-Beating Donation (NHBD) protocols and the request by organ procurement...

Regenerative Medicine: Stem Cells and the Science of Monstrosity.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... M. Cooper, Regenerative Medicine: Stem Cells and the Science of Monstrosity, 30J. MED. ETHICS 12 (2004). Most accounts of the history of stem cell research tell us that embryonic stem (ES) cells were first discovered, or rather isolated and...

Principles of Medical Law, 2d ed.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Grubb, Andrew, ed. Principles of Medical Law, Second Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. This new edition of the Principles provides a comprehensive analysis of the common law and statutory provisions pertaining to health...

Commitment and Responsibility in Nursing: A Faith-Based Approach.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Cusveller, Bart, Agneta Sutton & Donal O'Mathuna, eds. Commitment and Responsibility in Nursing: A Faith-based Approach. Sioux Center, Iowa: Dordt College Press, 2004. This book represents an open and unabashed delineation of Christian...

Aging, Death, and the Quest for Immortality.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Mitchell, C. Ben, Robert D. Orr & Susan A. Salladay, eds. Aging, Death, and the Quest for Immortality. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004. In this volume physicians, health-care professionals, pastors, and...

Sick to Death and Not Going to Take It Anymore! Reforming Health Care for the Last Years of Life.(Book Review)(Brief Review)
September 22, 2004... Lynn, Joanne. Sick to Death and Not Going to Take It Anymore! Reforming Health Care for the Last Years of Life. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 2004. In this call for health care reform, the author argues that our...

Physician-Assisted Dying: The Case for Palliative Care and Patient Choice.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Quill, Timothy E. & Margaret P. Battin, eds. Physician-Assisted Dying: The Case for Palliative Care and Patient Choice. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. In this volume, physicians, ethicists, lawyers, and activists...