Issues in Law & Medicine articles from September 2008

Issues in Law & Medicine archives from September 2008

Can Glucksberg survive Lawrence? Another look at the end of life and personal automony.
September 22, 2008... ABSTRACT: In Washington v. Glucksberg, the Court declined to find a right to physician-assisted suicide ("PAS") in the Constitution. Not a single Justice dissented. One would expect such a ruling to be quite secure. But Lawrence v. Texas,...

Physician-assisted suicide in Oregon: a medical perspective.
September 22, 2008... ABSTRACT: This article examines the Oregon Death with Dignity Act from a medical perspective. Drawing on case studies and information provided by doctors, families, and other care givers, it finds that seemingly reasonable safeguards for the...

Other People's Lives: Reflections on Medicine, Ethics, and Euthanasia.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Part One: In Defense of Medicine Chapter III. The Attack on Medicine The doctor, looking grave and solemn, began his examination. He took the patient's pulse rate and body temperature, and proceeded to the percussion and...

The Emerging Brave New World.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Glessner, Thomas. The Emerging Brave New World. Crane, Missouri: Anomalos Publishing House, 2008; www.anomalospublishing.com. In his classic novel Brave New World, Aldous Huxley wrote of a future where human beings are manipulated, abused,...

Abortion Under State Constitutions: A State-by-State Analysis.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Linton, Paul Benjamin. Abortion under State Constitutions: A State-by-State Analysis. Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, 2008; www.cap-press.com. The is the first, full-length treatment of the subject to appear in print. For...

The Troubled Pregnancy: Legal Wrongs and Rights in Reproduction.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Mason, J. K. The Troubled Pregnancy: Legal Wrongs and Rights in Reproduction. New York, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007; www.cambridge.org. The author looks at the legal response to those aspects of the troubled pregnancy that...

Law, Legitimacy and the Rationing of Health Care.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Syrett, Keith. Law, Legitimacy and the Rationing of Health Care. New York, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007; www.cambridge.org. The author argues for a reappraisal of the role of public law adjudication in questions of healthcare...

Oceana's Law for the Layperson: AIDS Law, 3d ed.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Jasper, Margaret C. Oceana's Law for the Layperson: AIDS Law, 3rd ed. New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 2008; www.oup.com. This book is part of the Legal Almanac Series and explores the law concerning Acquired Immune Deficiency...