Bioethical and Evolutionary Approaches to Medicine and the Law

Download or read book Bioethical and Evolutionary Approaches to Medicine and the Law written by W. Noel Keyes and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 1234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bioethics is a multidisciplinary field of law and one that can not be ignored. Bioethical and Evolutionary Approaches to Medicine and the Law is a comprehensive, scholarly analysis of bioethics and the development of its standards. The book is broken up into the following four parts: * Part I deals with scientific, religious, ethical and legal aspects of bioethics * Part II evaluates 100 current bioethical issues and sets forth specific approaches for their resolution * Part III focuses on medical, legal and other problems from beginning of life (overpopulation, birth control, in vitro fertilization, etc.) through end of life (physician assisted suicide, advance directives, euthanasia, etc.) * Part IV discusses the major bioethical issues in genetics and genetic engineering.