Philosophical debates over the fundamental principles that should guide life-and-death medical decisions usually occur at a considerable remove from the tough, real-world choices made in hospital rooms, courthouses, and legislatures. David Orentlicher seeks to change that, drawing on his extensive experience in both medicine and law to address the translation of moral principle into practice--a move that itself generates important moral concerns.

Orentlicher uses controversial life-and-death issues as case studies for evaluating three models for translating principle into practice. Physician-assisted suicide illustrates the application of ''generally valid rules, '' a model that provides predictability and simplicity and, more importantly, avoids the personal biases that influence case-by-case judgments. The author then takes up the debate over forcing pregnant women to accept treatments to save their fetuses. He uses this issue to weigh the ''avoidance of perverse incentives, '' an approach to translation that follows principles hesitantly for fear of generating unintended results. And third, Orentlicher considers the denial of life-sustaining treatment on grounds of medical futility in his evaluation of the ''tragic choices'' model, which hides difficult life-and-death choices in order to prevent paralyzing social conflict.

"Matters of Life and Death" is a rich and stimulating contribution to bioethics and law. It is the first book to examine closely the broad problems of translating principle into practice. And by analyzing specific controversies along the way, it develops original insights likely to provoke both moral philosophers and those working on thorny issues of life and death.

Para hacer frente al sobrepeso y la obesidad, Chile implemento una ley que exige el uso de etiquetas de advertencia en los alimentos de alto contenido energetico. Este documento evalua la respuesta del sector de la produccion de alimentos a la aplicacion de la primera fase de la ley.

Health Care and the Charter explores the systematic use of Charter litigation in the area of health care and the policy impact of the resulting judicial decisions. Christopher P. Manfredi and Antonia Maioni examine three of the most controversial Supreme Court decisions in recent years. Eldridge (1997) and Auton (2004) invited the Court to extend the scope of publicly funded services, while Chaouilli (2005) asked the Court to allow private health services. This book explores the paths that brought litigants to the Court, the arguments that supported their positions, and the substance of the victory or defeat the Court provided.

Public policy responses to escalating medical costs and constrained access pose fundamental challenges to health care law. Profound medical advances also generate many ethical dilemmas. This authoritative discussion considers how law and ethics respond to these driving social, economic, and political forces of innovation, crisis and reform. Topics include health insurance reform, health care finance and delivery structures, treatment relationships, facility and insurance regulation, corporate and tax law, refusal of life support, organ donation, and reproductive technologies.

Slobogin, Hafemeister, and Mossman's Law and the Mental Health System: Civil and Criminal Aspects, 7th offers a wide-ranging, in-depth coverage of how the legal system responds to challenges posed by persons with mental disorders. It features a sophisticated interdisciplinary treatment of the law and literature relating to regulation of the mental health professions, the government's authority to deprive people with mental disorders of their liberty and property, and its obligation to provide support for people with mental disorders and protect them from discrimination.

This pioneering casebook presents a thorough exploration of the rapidly evolving and complex area of marijuana law. Current through the end of 2018, this casebook explains marijuana law from all perspectives, including federal, state, local, and international law. Also treated in depth are the fascinating civil, criminal and constitutional issues emerging from current marijuana law, as well as important issues of federalism, business and tax law, and professional responsibility. Significant and recent cases are presented in edited and readable form, as well as the legislation, regulations, and public policy that govern marijuana cultivation, consumption, and supply. Notes, questions, and problems in each chapter enhance understanding of the materials.

Das bewahrte Fachbuch zum Kinderschutz in der Medizin bietet Strategien fur den Umgang mit Verdachtsfallen von Kindesmisshandlung und -vernachlassigung, fundierte fachliche Grundlagen fur die Diagnose, Sicherheit in Rechtsfragen und erprobte Konzepte fur die Intervention. Fundierte somatische Diagnostik Leitliniengerecht, hohe Evidenz Rationale diagnostische Strategien Forensische Befundsicherung Kindergynakologische Grundlagen Umsichtige Intervention & Pravention Gesprachsfuhrung mit Eltern Interdisziplinare Netzwerke schaffen und nutzen Fruhe Hilfen Umgang mit Missbrauch in Institutionen Gesellschaftliche und rechtliche Grundlagen Auszuge wichtigster Gesetze Gesetzlicher Opferschutz, psychosoziale Folgen Kompakt und praxisrelevant Korrekte Anamnese und Dokumentation Merkblatter, Checklisten, Internetadressen Praxistipps, Differenzialdiagnosen und Fallstricke Vom "unguten Gefuhl" zu evidenzbasiertem Handeln. Unter Berucksichtigung der neuesten internationalen Leitlinien, Literatur, Gesetze und Rechtsprechung. Das erste deutschsprachige Handbuch fur fachgerechte medizinische Diagnostik und Intervention. Das notwendige "Handwerkszeug" fur AErzte und andere Gesundheitsberufe, um in der taglic hen Praxis die richtigen Entscheidungen zu treffen. Als Leitfaden, Ratgeber und Nachschlagewerk fur AErzte, aber auch alle anderen beteiligten Fachleute im Kinderschutz: Juristen, Polizei, Jugendamter, Beratungsstellen ....

Beim Organtransplantationswesen handelt es sich - auch rechtlich - um eine besonders anspruchsvolle Materie. Die 1997 erlassenen Rechtsvorschriften sind seit jeher aus vielerlei Grunden stark umstritten. Dominierend ist dabei die Kritik, die der Gesetzgeber dafur erfahren hat, dass er in einem weiten Mass gesellschaftliche Akteure in die Aufgabenerfullung eingebunden hat. Der Autor greift dieses Phanomen am Beispiel der Koordinierungsstelle auf. Er geht der Frage nach, ob sich die hier auftretenden Strukturen staatlich-gesellschaftlichen Zusammenwirkens den bereits bekannten Kooperationsformen zuordnen lassen und worin ihre Besonderheiten liegen. Im Fokus der Untersuchung steht die Frage, ob - und inwieweit - sich solche Konzepte uberhaupt in ausreichend effektiver, verfassungsrechtlich gebotener Weise rechtsstaatlich-demokratisch ruckbinden lassen.

This book takes a critical approach to examining British and Italian occupational health and safety enforcement policies and questions the legal and political principles that underpin them. The book undertakes a comparative critical analysis of these two jurisdictions' health and safety regulatory enforcement practices by focusing on the causes and consequences of the under-criminalisation of these crimes. It explores the fundamentals of these two jurisdictions' criminal justice systems and political practices, policies and traditions and exposes how these translate into pragmatic social inequality and injustice for victims of occupational health and safety crimes and, more generally, citizens. Findings are drawn from qualitative interviews conducted with front line occupational health and safety enforcement officers. This book offers an account of the challenges encountered when attempting to scrutinise public institutions responsible for policing crimes of the powerful. The comparison of the political and criminal justice system practices, polices and traditions of the British and Italian legal systems offer a valuable critical contribution to the anglophone literature on the subject and, more generally, on regulatory enforcement policies and practices.