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Dying and Death in Law and Medicine: A Forensic Primer for Health and Legal Professionals
While health professionals may be adequately informed about the legal aspects of many specialized areas of medicine and nursing, they may not totally understand the law applicable to cases of dying patients, or even the legal definition of death itself.
Author(s) | By Arthur S. Berger. |
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Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
Format | Hardback |
Pages | 240 |
Published in | United States |
Published | 10 Dec 1992 |
Availability | Not yet available |
While health professionals may be adequately informed about the legal aspects of many specialized areas of medicine and nursing, they may not totally understand the law applicable to cases of dying patients, or even the legal definition of death itself.
Preface Medical Foreword by David V. Schapira Legal Foreword by Hon. Raphael Steinhardt Death: Issues and Law Death Comes Alive The Dying Patient The Dying Patient: Nothing But the Truth The Dying Patient: On the Deathbed Right to Die Right to Di
ARTHUR S. BERGER is Director of the International Institute for the Study of Death, President of the Survival Research Foundation, member of the Broward General Medical Center Bioethics Committee, and Vice -President of Cross-Cultural Affairs of the Found