Synopses & Reviews
Medicine on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and DocumentS≪/I> chronicles the changing role of medicine in the American courtroom during the last 150 years. Integrating legal, historical, and medical perspectives, this comprehensive compilation tackles such public controversies as the "right to die" in the case of Karen Ann Quinlan, Dr. Jack Kevorkian and assisted suicide laws, reproductive rights cases such as "Baby M," and issues surrounding mental illness.
The book gives special attention to medical personnel as expert witnesses in the courtroom, a challenge which calls into question deeply rooted notions of professionalism and ethics. A series of criminal and bioethics cases highlights the wide range of debates, while a lively discussion presents issues that may become even more controversial in the future, such as DNA testing and artificial reproductive technology.
Review
"… a compelling and well-written volume … the author covers each topic completely and thoughtfully, but in a writing style that is straightforward and with language that the general public can understand. … it will also have considerable value in communicating to readers the serious and significant factual, ethical, and scientific aspects of reviewing and deciding medical-legal controversies." - American Reference Books Annual
Synopsis
• Includes entries on key people such as Thomas Noguchi, laws including the Frye Rule, and key concepts such as informed consent
• Provides a chronology of the most important events in the history of medicine in the courtroom, including the Baby M and duty-to-disclose cases
Synopsis
A provocative presentation of medicolegal controversies within the American court system from the late 19th through the late 20th century.
Medicine on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents chronicles the changing role of medicine in the American courtroom during the last 150 years. Integrating legal, historical, and medical perspectives, this comprehensive compilation tackles such public controversies as the "right to die" in the case of Karen Ann Quinlan, Dr. Jack Kevorkian and assisted suicide laws, reproductive rights cases such as "Baby M," and issues surrounding mental illness.
The book gives special attention to medical personnel as expert witnesses in the courtroom, a challenge which calls into question deeply rooted notions of professionalism and ethics. A series of criminal and bioethics cases highlights the wide range of debates, while a lively discussion presents issues that may become even more controversial in the future, such as DNA testing and artificial reproductive technology.
Synopsis
A provocative presentation of medicolegal controversies within the American court system from the late 19th through the late 20th century.
Synopsis
• Compares and contrasts experiences of the United States to those of other nations, such as cases involving abortion in Britain and euthanasia in the Netherlands
• Explains why many elements of the M&Apos;Naghten rules adopted in the 1880s as a test for insanity are still applied to criminal cases today
• Addresses physician-assisted suicide and its legal consideration by several states in response to the actions of "death doctors" like Jack Kevorkian