{"product_id":"limits-9780253330758","title":"Limits","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ethical and social dilemmas associated with abortion, sterilization, assisted reproduction, genetics, death and dying, and biomedical research have led many to turn to the legal system for solutions. This book argues that resort to law is often misguided and overlooks the limitations of legal institutions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs ethical and social dilemmas mount with an advancing technology, so also have people turned to the legal system for solutions. Dworkin examines the basis of why biomedical and healthcare decisions more often end up in courts of law. The author does a masterful job of reviewing the present US legal system when it comes to bioethical decision making. In fact, the first chapter reviews the legal, legislative, and constitutional aspects of this issue. The information is clearly presented to provide readers with a new insight into what is happening. Seven chapters touch all of the hot point issues in bioethics: abortion, sterilization, alternative reproduction techniques, genetic screening, death and dying, and human research; the final chapter offers conclusions from this study. Dworkin makes it clear that use of the legal system in this area is unwarranted in most cases and that there exist alternatives for decision making in difficult bioethics cases. An excellent resource for entry-level courses on bioethics for health care practitioners, law students, and physicians. Upper-division undergraduate and graduate students; faculty; professionals.June 1997\u003c\/p\u003e -- R. G. McGee, Jr. * Walters State Community College *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction: Biomedical Advance and the American Legal System\u003cbr\u003e2. Abortion: The Perils of Thinking Big\u003cbr\u003e3. Sterilization: The Big Advantage of Thinking Small\u003cbr\u003e4. Alternative Reproductive Techniques\u003cbr\u003e5. The New Genetics\u003cbr\u003e6. Death and Dying\u003cbr\u003e7. Controlling Research: Administrative Law, Human Subjects, and the Power of the Purse\u003cbr\u003e8. Conclusion: Living with Limites: The Value of Half a Loaf\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MH - Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577267065175,"sku":"9780253330758","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253330758.jpg?v=1746094600","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/limits-9780253330758","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}