Human Body and the Law: A Medico-legal Study

by David Meyers

Book Overview

In this admirably objective and lucid exposition, the author examines from a medico-legal standpoint the comparative position in various countries, particularly in the UK and the USA, of currently controversial medical procedures: voluntary sterilisation, compulsory sterilisation and castration, trans-sexualism, experimentation, transplantation, and euthanasia - few of which, if any, enjoy a settled or clearly defined place in the eyes of the law...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0202308774
• ISBN13: 9780202308777
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"