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The Science, Law, And Politics Of Fetal Pain Legislation, Kevin C. Walsh
The Science, Law, And Politics Of Fetal Pain Legislation, Kevin C. Walsh
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Most people prefer not to inflict gratuitous pain on other sentient beings, especially other humans. What, then, should be the legal system's reaction to the mounting evidence that in late-term abortions doctors are inflicting just such pain on fetuses who have the anatomical, physiological, and neurological capacity to experience it? The pain being inflicted is gratuitous because it can be easily avoided with no significant increases in cost or health risk by the administration of tar geted fetal pain relief. If informed that an abortion is likely to cause pain to the fetus and given a choice between a procedure …
Balancing Science, Ethics And Politics: Stem Cell Research, A Paradigm Case, Edmund D. Pellegrino
Balancing Science, Ethics And Politics: Stem Cell Research, A Paradigm Case, Edmund D. Pellegrino
Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy (1985-2015)
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The "R" Word, M. Gregg Bloche, Elizabeth R. Jungman
The "R" Word, M. Gregg Bloche, Elizabeth R. Jungman
Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy (1985-2015)
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Constitutional Values And The Ethics Of Health Care: A Comparison Of The United States And Germany, William J. Wagner
Constitutional Values And The Ethics Of Health Care: A Comparison Of The United States And Germany, William J. Wagner
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In the first section, this essay will consider questions the new era in health care poses for a health-care ethics of ends. The second section will address the question this emerging era raises for a health-care ethics of duty. Under the rubric of an ethics of ends, the essay examines, more particularly, the ends of health and efficiency. Under that of duty, it addresses the duties of respect for the dignity of the human person; respect for the covenant of treatment; and respect for justice in distribution. In each case, it seeks to identify the basis for an adequate response …