Bioethics and Public Health Law

This text offers the most current and comprehensive treatment of bioethics and public health law: augments Part II of the parent volume with coverage of the duty to treat, disability discrimination, informed consent and experimentation, fiduciary duties, And The right to health care updated notes consider physician-assisted suicide in Oregon, The 9th Circuit's opinion on Attorney General Ashcroft's challenge to Oregon's assisted suicide law, The Causey case, The Schiavo case in Florida, and organ allocation policy Carefully crafted to facilitate both teaching and learning, The text: integrates public health and ethics issues and features clear notes that provide context, smooth transition between cases, and background information is accompanied by a Teacher's Manual created for this book contains a glossary of organizational terms and acronyms is augmented by a Website, www.health-law.org, where you can find background materials, updates of important events, additional relevant topics, and links to other resourcesMary Anne Bobinski is the author of 'Bioethics and Public Health Law' with ISBN 9780735552050 and ISBN 0735552053.