Shannon, Thomas A., Manfra, Jo Ann.

Law and Bioethics, Texts with Commentary on Major U.S. Court Decisions.

New Jersey, Paulist Press, 1982. 22.8cm x 15.2cm. 362 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

Includes for Example:
Courts being called upon to settle complicated matters involving the beginning and the end of human life/ issues affecting the quality of that life in all its stages/ major cases in which these issues have been resolved/ Abortion: Roe v. Wade, planned parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth, Beal v. Doe, Maher v. Roe, Bellotti v. Baird, Harris v. McRae, death and dying, Re Osborne, Re Quinlan, Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. Saikewicz/ medical treatment and the involuntarily institutionalized/ cases: Re Yetter, Kaimowitz v. Dept. of Mental Health, For the State of Michigan, O’Connor v. Donaldson/ Disclosure and informed consent/ cases: Natanson v. Kline, Canterbury v. Spence, Horne v. Patton, Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California/ organ transplantation, cases: Strunk v. Strunk, Re Guardianship of Pescinski/ Genetics, cases: Buck v. Bell, People v. Yukl, Berman v. Allan etc.
Manfra is associate professor of history at Worcester Polytechnic Institute/ PhD in history from the University of Iowa/ Suffolk University Law School/ Harvard Law School. Shannon is associate professor of social ethics at Worceter Polytechnic Institute and associate professor of medical ethics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School/ PhD in social ethics from Boston University.

• Keywords: Law
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809123533
• Inventory Number: 40370AB

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