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Legislating Medical Ethics

A Study of the New York State Do-Not-Resuscitate Law

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Robert Baker

    1. Dept. of Philosophy, Union College, Schenectady, USA

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  2. Martin A. Strosberg

    1. Graduate Management Institute, Union College, Schenectady, USA

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  3. Jonathan Bynum

    1. Dept. of Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA

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Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine (PHME, volume 48)

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. The Task Force and the Law

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Do not Resuscitate Orders: The Proposed Legislation and Report of the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law

      • New York State Task Force on Life and the Law-Executive Summary
      Pages 3-7

    3. The New York State Do-Not-Resuscitate Law: A Study of Public Policy-Making

      • Martin A. Strosberg
      Pages 9-31

    4. The Legitimation and Regulation of DNR Orders

      • Robert Baker
      Pages 33-101

  5. Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
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    2. The Do-Not-Resuscitate Order as Ritual

      • Robert Zussman
      Pages 215-225
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About this book

Can medical ethics be legislated? Can a complex bioethical question be definitively answered through legislation? In July 1987 the New York State legislature experimented with legislating medical ethics by amending the state's public health law to regulate `Do Not Resuscitate' orders. The consequent law was complex and remains controversial. This volume reviews both the background bioethical debates and the elements of the public policy making process that are essential to understanding New York's experience with the DNR law. It features debates between leading exponents and critics of the law; case studies that examine the impact of New York's DNR law on clinicians, hospitals and patients; and a review of all empirical studies of the law by their lead authors. Appended to the volume is the New York State DNR law and a comprehensive set of background documents.
The co-editors, Robert Baker and Martin A. Strosberg, are both professors at Union College, Schenectady, New York. They have collaborated on many projects including, Rationing America's Medical Care: The Oregon Plan and Beyond (Brookings, 1992).

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Philosophy, Union College, Schenectady, USA

    Robert Baker

  • Graduate Management Institute, Union College, Schenectady, USA

    Martin A. Strosberg

  • Dept. of Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA

    Jonathan Bynum

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Legislating Medical Ethics

  • Book Subtitle: A Study of the New York State Do-Not-Resuscitate Law

  • Editors: Robert Baker, Martin A. Strosberg, Jonathan Bynum

  • Series Title: Philosophy and Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8593-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2995-4Published: 30 April 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4438-9Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8593-4Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0376-7418

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0080

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 472

  • Topics: Ethics, Medical Law

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