LAW AND BIOETHICS

While the American legal system has played an important role in shaping the field of bioethics Law and Bioethics is the first book on the subject designed to be accessible to readers with little or no legal background Detailing how the legal analysis of an issue in bioethics often differs from the ethical analysis the book covers such topics as abortion surrogacy cloning informed consent maplractice refusal of care and organ transplantation