Law and Bioethics: An Introduction

About this book

While the American legal system has played an important role in shaping the field of bioethics Law and Bioethics is the first book on the subject designed to be accessible to readers with little or no legal background. Detailing how the legal analysis of an issue in bioethics often differs from the "ethical" analysis the book covers such topics as abortion surrogacy cloning informed consent malpractice refusal of care and organ transplantation.Structured like a legal casebook Law and Bioethics includes the text of almost all the landmark cases that have shaped bioethics. Jerry Menikoff offers commentary on each of these cases as well as a lucid introduction to the U.S. legal system explaining federalism and underlying common law concepts. Students and professionals in medicine and public health as well as specialists in bioethics will find the book a valuable resource.