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Bioethics in Law

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Authors:
  1. Bethany J. Spielman

    1. Department of Medical Humanities School of Medicine and School of Law, Southern Illinois University, Springfield

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-11

  3. How Does Bioethics Help Judicial Reasoning?

    Pages 13-40

  4. Health Care Ethics Committee Determinations

    Pages 41-56

  5. Institutional Review Board Determinations

    Pages 57-72

  6. Bioethics Commission Reports

    Pages 73-97

  7. Bioethics Scholarship

    Pages 99-120

  8. Reliability of Bioethics Testimony

    Pages 121-136

  9. Reliability of Bioethics Testimony

    Pages 137-153

  10. Reliability of Bioethics Testimony

    Pages 155-174

  11. Conclusion

    Pages 175-176

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 177-181
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About this book

The idea for Bioethics in Law began more than a decade ago, while I was studying social science and law. I was parti- larly interested in the collaborations that comprised social s- ence in law. Economic and social data in the pioneering Brandeis brief had been used to defend an early 20th-century labor law; surveys of consumer confusion had helped resolve trademark - fringement cases; psychologists’ predictions of future violence had informed capital sentencing decisions. Additionally, Kenneth Clark’s “doll studies,” cited by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education, had helped change the course of American 1 history. During that time, however, I was most intensely interested in bioethics, a relatively young field whose relationships to law had not been well analyzed. I wondered whether there could or should be a bioethics in law, because bioethics, unlike the social sciences, was not only in its infancy, but also had distinctly normative features, which might not mesh easily with law’s own normativity.

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From the reviews:

"Bioethics in Law helpfully collects judicial, opinions considering bioethics material, testimony, and briefs to explore the ways in which bioethics is entering U.S. courtrooms. … Spielman aims this book first at lawyers and bioethics but writes accessibly for a broader audience. The book will advance the conversation on the relationship between law and bioethics. … Bioethics in Law offers a treasure trove of information that cannot readily be found elsewhere shedding light on the complex interaction between bioethics and law." (Susan M. Wolf, New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 46 (32), 2007)

 

"Bioethics in Law offers a treasure trove of information that cannot readily be found elsewhere, shedding light on the complex interaction between bioethics and law.  Spielman's pathbreaking research and thoughtful organization of the issues provide an important resource for those concerned about the confusion over the roles of bioethics and law." -The New England Journal of Medicine

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Medical Humanities School of Medicine and School of Law, Southern Illinois University, Springfield

    Bethany J. Spielman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Bioethics in Law

  • Authors: Bethany J. Spielman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-295-3

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Humana Press 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-58829-434-0Published: 04 December 2006

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-59745-295-3Published: 09 November 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 186

  • Topics: Theory of Medicine/Bioethics

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