Children, medicine and the law.1840147547 Children, medicine and the law. Ed. by Michael Freeman Michael Roy Freeman (born 9 December 1960, London, England) is a New Zealand chess player. He emigrated to New Zealand in September 1967. He was a pupil at Otago Boys High School, Dunedin from 1974 to 1978. . Ashgate Publishing Co. 2005 678 pages $300.00 Hardcover International library of medicine, ethics and law series K3601 Should parents be allowed to have a child to serve as a donor to save a sibling sibling /sib·ling/ (sib´ling) any of two or more offspring of the same parents; a brother or sister. sib·ling n. ? Do children born as a result of assisted reproduction assisted reproduction n. The use of medical techniques, such as drug therapy, artificial insemination, or in vitro fertilization, to enhance fertility. have a right to know their identity? To help multidisciplinary scholars keep pace with the field of bioethics bioethics, in philosophy, a branch of ethics concerned with issues surrounding health care and the biological sciences. These issues include the morality of abortion, euthanasia, in vitro fertilization, and organ transplants (see transplantation, medical). , this volume compiles reprinted material spanning 1973-2003 from 28 different journals on such complex issues. Freeman (laws, U. College London) points out that relatively little attention has been paid to issues concerning child welfare and medicine within the focus on children's rights The opportunity for children to participate in political and legal decisions that affect them; in a broad sense, the rights of children to live free from hunger, abuse, neglect, and other inhumane conditions. . Thought-provoking essays treat the implications of: assisted reproduction technologies, parental rights to make decisions from sex selection to treating/not treating neonates with major health challenges, healthcare decisions by youth, and child involvement in health research and testing. Lacks a subject index. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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