The Sanctity of Life and the Criminal Law

The Sanctity of Life and the Criminal Law
Author: Dennis J. Baker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2013-02-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1107020476

Fourteen essays on major theoretical issues in contemporary criminal law and medical law ethics.

The Law and Ethics of Medicine

The Law and Ethics of Medicine
Author: John Keown
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2012-04-26
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199589550

The principle of the sanctity of life is key to the law governing medical practice and professional medical ethics. It is also widely misunderstood. This book clarifies the principle and considers how it influences the law governing abortion; 'test-tube' babies; euthanasia; feeding patients in persistent vegetative states; and palliative treatment.

The Beginning of Human Life

The Beginning of Human Life
Author: Frauke Beller
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2013-03-09
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9401582572

Progress in biomedical science has called for an international discussion of the medical, ethical, and legal problems that confront physicians, medical researchers, infertile couples, pregnant women, and parents of premature or disabled infants. In addition, the unprecedented technological developments in obstetrical, perinatal, and neonatal medicine in recent years have indicated a need for an international forum for interdisciplinary dialogue regarding the definition of early human life, the neurological development of early human life, the value of early human life, the obligations for its protection and prolongation, and the limits to these obligations.

The Sanctity-of-life Doctrine in Medicine

The Sanctity-of-life Doctrine in Medicine
Author: Helga Kuhse
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 262
Release: 1987
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Examining and refuting the "sanctity-of-life" view in medical decision making, Kuhse argues for a quality-of-life ethic based on the belief that there is a profound difference between merely being alive and life being in the patient's interest.

Sanctity of Life and Human Dignity

Sanctity of Life and Human Dignity
Author: K. Bayertz
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 940091590X

`Sanctity of life' and `human dignity' are two bioethical concepts that play an important role in bioethical discussions. Despite their separate history and content, they have similar functions in these discussions. In many cases they are used to bring a difficult or controversial debate to an end. They serve as unquestionable cornerstones of morality, as rocks able to weather the storms of moral pluralism. This book provides the reader with analyses of these two concepts from different philosophical, professional and cultural points of view. Sanctity of Life and Human Dignity presents a comparative analysis of both concepts.

The Gospel of Life

The Gospel of Life
Author: Pope John Paul II
Publisher: Random House Incorporated
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1995
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780679758648

Bioethics, Medicine and the Criminal Law

Bioethics, Medicine and the Criminal Law
Author: Amel Alghrani
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2013
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107025125

This volume analyses how effectively criminal law operates as a forum for resolving ethical conflict in the delivery of health care.