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Issues in Law & Medicine articles from September 2007
Journal covering legal and ethical issues in the delivery of medical care.
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Issues in Law & Medicine archives from September 2007
The neurological determination of death: what does it really mean?
September 22, 2007... Abstract: The recent Canadian forum's recommendations regarding "neurological determination of death" claim to have determined a "Canadian definition, criteria, and minimum testing requirements for neurological determination of death." In this...
Regulating the research enterprise: international norms and the right to bodily integrity in human experiment litigation.
September 22, 2007... ABSTRACT: This article analyzes international law claims in human subject litigation, arguing that the failure of federal courts or Congress to oversee this kind of litigation by providing or recognizing a federal cause of action for research...
Legal and ethical issues associated with brain death.(Reprint)
September 22, 2007... 23 ETHICS & MED. 113 (2007).
The difficult issue of brain death may be tackled from a variety of perspectives, each presenting a case for or against the use of the phrase "brain death" when defining the end of human life. This article...
Avoiding common pitfalls in the determination of death.(Reprint)
September 22, 2007... 7 NAT'L CATH. BIOETHICS Q. 545 (2007).
According to legend, John Duns Scotus was buried alive, as evidenced by scratch marks found inside his casket when his body was later exhumed. He was allegedly comatose when buried and mistaken for...
Donation after cardiac death: major ethical issues.(Reprint)
September 22, 2007... 7 NAT'L CATH. BIOETHICS Q. 527 (2007).
Are cardiac death (CD) donors truly dead? This is a complex and significant dilemma. After becoming aware of a wide variety of opinions on this ethical issue, the author has come to appreciate the...
The new EPA regulations on protecting human subjects: haste makes waste.(Reprint)
September 22, 2007... HASTINGS CENTER REP., Jan./Feb. 2007, at 17.
The Environmental Protection Agency's new regulations for research on human subjects, adopted in 2006, mark the culmination of a vociferous, eight-year debate between environmental and industry...