Bioethics and the Law (Casebook)

In this distinctive new text, the authors: - take a multidisciplinary approach that combines legal materials with jurisprudential, philosophical, and sociological materials - value all responsible opinions while assisting students in situating their own voices within ongoing debates - require students to consider the ethical implications of managed care, of the shifting parameters of the provider/patient relationship in health care, and of the role of government in designing and implementing programs such as Medicaid and Medicare - supplement the traditional focus of bioethics on the individual with a second focus on the socio-economic developments that shape health care - follow a "lifespan" organization, mirroring a typical lifespan from reproduction to death - connect broad public health care issues to concerns of the individual patient/health care consumer and promote understanding of many unsettling and complex situations - includes an informative appendix with portions of the President's Council on Bioethics' report on reproductive and non-reproductive cloning and a helpful glossary of termsLois L. Shepherd is the author of 'Bioethics and the Law (Casebook)' with ISBN 9780735549456 and ISBN 0735549451.