Human life and medical practice /

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Author / Creator:Mason, J. K. (John Kenyon)
Imprint:Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c1988.
Description:viii, 161 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/942195
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ISBN:0852245602
085224584X (pbk.)
Notes:Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 133-152.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. A Perspective
  • Life and Death Decisions
  • 2. Terminal Illness
  • 3. Euthanasia
  • 4. Suicide
  • 5. Brain Damage and Death
  • 6. The Neonate
  • 7. Abortion
  • 8. Embryocide
  • Conclusions and Recommendations
  • 9. An Overview
  • Appendix A. Offences against the Person Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict C 100)
  • Appendix B. Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo 5 C 34)
  • Appendix C. Suicide Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz 2 C 60)
  • Appendix D. Abortion Act 1967 (1967 C 87)
  • Notes
  • Index