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The law of life and death [electronic resource] /
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| 자료유형 | E-Book |
|---|---|
| 개인저자 | Foley, Elizabeth Price. |
| 서명/저자사항 | The law of life and death[electronic resource] /Elizabeth Price Foley. |
| 발행사항 | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011. |
| 형태사항 | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
| ISBN | 9780674060906 (electronic bk.) 0674060903 (electronic bk.) |
| 서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-296) and index. |
| 내용주기 | Statutory and common law life -- Constitutional life -- Cardiopulmonary death -- Brain death -- Constitutional death -- Not dead yet -- Unbeing dead isn't being alive. |
| 요약 | Synopsis: Are you alive? What makes you so sure? Most people believe this question has a clear answer-that some law defines our status as living (or not) for all purposes. But they are dead wrong. In this pioneering study, Elizabeth Price Foley examines the many, and surprisingly ambiguous, legal definitions of what counts as human life and death. Foley reveals that "not being dead" is not necessarily the same as being alive, in the eyes of the law. People, pre-viable fetuses, and post-viable fetuses have different sets of legal rights, which explains the law's seemingly inconsistent approach to stem cell research, in vitro fertilization, frozen embryos, in utero embryos, contraception, abortion, homicide, and wrongful death. In a detailed analysis that is sure to be controversial, Foley shows how the need for more organ transplants and the need to conserve health care resources are exerting steady pressure to expand the legal definition of death. As a result, death is being declared faster than ever before. The "right to die," Foley worries, may be morphing slowly into an obligation to die. Foley's balanced, accessible chapters explore the most contentious legal issues of our time-including cryogenics, feticide, abortion, physician-assisted suicide, brain death, vegetative and minimally conscious states, informed consent, and advance directives-across constitutional, contract, tort, property, and criminal law. Ultimately, she suggests, the inconsistencies and ambiguities in U.S. laws governing life and death may be culturally, and perhaps even psychologically, necessary for an enormous and diverse country like ours. |
| 일반주제명 | Death -- Proof and certification -- United States. Life and death, Power over -- Moral and ethical aspects. Life and death, Power over -- Decision making. Right to life -- United States. Right to die -- Law and legislation -- United States. Euthanasia -- Law and legislation -- United States. Brain Death -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States. Death -- United States. Death Certificates -- United States. Ethics, Medical -- United States. Value of Life -- United States. LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice. LAW / Medical Law & Legislation. |
| 언어 | 영어 |
| 기타형태 저록 | Print version:Foley, Elizabeth Price.Law of life and death.Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 20119780674051041 |
| 대출바로가기 | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=386070 |
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