Legislating Medical Ethics - A Study of the New York State Do-Not-Resuscitate Law (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1995)

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).

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Philosophy and Medicine, 48
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	1995
Editors:	R. B. Baker
Assisted by:	Jonathan Bynum
Editors:	M. Strosberg
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	472
Edition:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1995
ISBN-13:	978-90-481-4438-9
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
LSN:	90-481-4438-8
Barcode:	9789048144389

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