Bioethics and the Law 2e

Bioethics and the Law, Second Edition connects broad public healthcare issues with the concerns of the individual, and draws clear distinctions between policy, law, and ethical considerations. Offering more than just landmark cases, Dolgin and Shepherd present a revealing survey of the full range of contemporary healthcare issues, along with the various conflicts and confluences that surround them.A multidisciplinary approach that combines sources of law with scholarship from philosophy and sociology, Bioethics and the Law, Second Edition, features:thoughtful analysis of the discrepancies between broadly applied rules of law and the more specific concerns of the individual coverage of ongoing healthcare debates, examined on several fronts: the ethical implications of various means of financing healthcare , from managed care to Medicare/Medicaid to universal accessthe shifting parameters of the provider/patient relationship in healthcare ; the arguments surrounding restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, and use of genetic informationthe arguments surrounding restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, and use of genetic informationdiscussion of socio-economic factors that shape healthcare and healthcare policycradle-to-grave organization that traces a typical individual s experience in the healthcare system starting from birth and continuing through adulthooda look at the public health implications of decisions by individuals as healthcare consumers/patientsGlossary of Termsappendices that summarize recent developments in science and technologydetailed Teacher s Manual that includes answers to the problems and questions in the text, and suggests a variety of methods for teaching with the bookan Authors Companion Website that includes chapter-by-chapter updates and Bioethics and Law Links, such as links to The Nuremberg Code and the American Medical Association Principles of Medical EthicsUpdated throughout with recent case and statutory material, the revised Second Edition covers: Gonzales v. Carhart and Abigail Alliance v. von Eschenbach cutting-edge advances in biotechnology, such as stem cell research, cloning, and nanotechnologyconflicts of interest facing health care providers and researchersdiscussion of universal health care proposalsWith the generous teaching support that authors Dolgin and Shepherd offer a detailed Teacher s Manual and companion website you can teach this fascinating course for the first time with confidence. If you ve already taught from the First Edition, then you re probably looking forward to receiving your new desk copy of Bioethics and the Law, Second Edition.