| Description |
xiii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface. The Beginning of Full Moral Standing; R.M. Veatch. Legal Aspects of the Beginning of Human Life; B.M. Dickens. Development of the Human Brain: The Emergence of the Neural Substrate for Pain Perception and Conscious Experience; R.O. Kuljis. The Moral Significance of Brain-Life Criteria; H.-M. Sass. Assisted Reproductive Technologies of the 1980 and 1990s: The State of the Art and a Look at the Future; R.H. Asch. Human Reproductive Technology: Why All the Moral Fuss? H.T. Engelhardt Jr. Gestational Surrogacy and the Health Care Provider: Put Part of the IVF Genie Back into the Bottle; K.H. Rothenberg. The Beginning of Human Life: Contraceptive Implications; L. Mastroianni. Abortion: A Public Health Perspective; A. Rosenfield. Abortion and Contraception: The Moral Significance of Fertilization; H. Kuhse, P. Singer. Contraception and Abortion, Legal Distinctions and Dynamics; R.J. Cook. The Use of Human Fetal Tissue for Research and Therapy; K.J. Ryan. Restriction and Suppression of Fetal and Pre-Embryo Research, 1974-1990; J.C. Fletcher. Two problems in Embryo Research; J.A. Robertson. Fetal Tissue Transplantation and Women; M.B. Mahowald. Fetal Tissue Transplantation: An Institutional Review Board Perspective; S.R. Johnson. Primary Care Fetal Medicine; C.P. Weiner. Court-ordered Cesarean Delivery; F.A. Chervenak, L.B. McCullough. Coercion for Fetal Therapy? M.I. Evans, M.P. Johnson, N.B. Isada, W. Holzgreve. Pregnant Drug Addicts; B. Steinbock. The Mother and Fetus Union: What God has Put Together, Let no Law put Asunder? L.J. Nelson. Women's Rights versus the Protection of Fetuses; M.A. Warren. When Care cannot Cure: Medical Problems in Seriously Ill Babies; N. Campbell. Transplantation and the Anencephalic Newborn; R.D. Truog. Life-and-Death Decisions in the Midst of Uncertainty; R.R. Weir. When is Medical Treatment Futile? L.M. Kopelman. Treatment Decisions for Premature and Disabled Newborns: Hard Cases make Bad Law; E.M. Schmidt. Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Fetal tissues -- Research -- United States -- Congresses.
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Fetus -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Congresses.
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Human reproductive technology -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses.
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Newborn infants -- Diseases -- Treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses.
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Pregnant women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Congresses.
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Bioethics.
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Fetus.
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Human Experimentation.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Infant, Newborn, Diseases -- therapy.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
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United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
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Congress.
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Legislation.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Beller, Fritz K.
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Weir, Robert F., 1943-
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| LC no. |
93002827 |
| ISBN |
0792321650 (acid-free paper) |
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