Old law, new medicine : medical ethics and human rights / Sheila McLean.
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TextPublication details: London : Pandora ; New York : Distributed in the USA by New York University Press, 1999.Description: xiii, 210 p. ; 22 cmISBN: - 0863584039 (cloth)
- 0863584020 (pbk.)
- Medical ethics
- Medical laws and legislation
- Human rights
- Ethics, Medical
- Legislation as Topic
- Reproduction
- Women's Rights
- Bioethical Issues
- Human Rights
- Abortion, Induced
- Decision Making
- Euthanasia, Passive
- Fetus
- Infant, Newborn
- Jurisprudence
- Maternal-Fetal Relations
- Mentally Disabled Persons
- Morals
- Personal Autonomy
- Physicians
- Pregnancy
- Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
- Social Dominance
- Sterilization, Involuntary
- United Kingdom
- United States
- R724 .M26 1999
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Week Loan | Cork University Hospital Healthcare Library | Cork University Hospital Healthcare Library | Open Shelves | W 174.2 MCLE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0008545550 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-202) and index.
Setting the scene -- The reproduction revolution : liberation or liability? -- Women and foetuses : whose rights? -- A women's right to choose? : law, medicine, and abortion -- Controlling fertility : the case of the mentally disabled -- The infant with disability : to treat or not to treat? -- Choosing life or death -- Controlling or conceding the future?
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