Legislating Medical Ethics : A Study of the New York State Do-Not-Resuscitate Law /

Can medical ethics be legislated? Can a complex bioethical question be definitively answered through legislation? In July 1987 the New York State legislature experimented with legislating medical ethics by amending the state's public health law to regulate `Do Not Resuscitate' orders. The...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Baker, Robert
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Strosberg, Martin A., Bynum, Jonathan
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1995.
Series:	Philosophy and medicine ; 48.
Subjects:	Philosophy (General) Ethics. Public health laws. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book