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Strange Bedfellows
Ben A. Rich
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Description for Strange Bedfellows
Hardback. The relationship between law and bioethics and the influence of both on medical research and clinical practice is a topic that is often mentioned but rarely subjected to sustained critical analysis. This book considers a number of issues in medicine in which the influence of the law has been profound and positive. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1410.
The pervasive influence of law on medical practice and clinical bioethics is often noted with a combination of exasperation and lamentation. Physicians and non-physician bioethicists, generally speaking, consider the willingness of courts, legislatures, and regulatory agencies to insinuate themselves into clinical practice and medical research to be a distinctly negative aspect of contemporary American society. They are quick to point out that their colleagues in other Western developed nations are not similarly afflicted, and that the situation which obtains elsewhere is highly preferable to the legalization and purported over-regulation of medicine that has taken place in the United States during ... Read more
The pervasive influence of law on medical practice and clinical bioethics is often noted with a combination of exasperation and lamentation. Physicians and non-physician bioethicists, generally speaking, consider the willingness of courts, legislatures, and regulatory agencies to insinuate themselves into clinical practice and medical research to be a distinctly negative aspect of contemporary American society. They are quick to point out that their colleagues in other Western developed nations are not similarly afflicted, and that the situation which obtains elsewhere is highly preferable to the legalization and purported over-regulation of medicine that has taken place in the United States during ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306466656
SKU
V9780306466656
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Reviews for Strange Bedfellows
`The writing style, like most good American academic texts, is clear, unambiguous and easy to follow. It is a great shame for UK medical practitioners that we do not have a similar book for English, Scottish and European law. This is a book that I will recommend to more enthusiastic students.' Iain Smith, ... Read more