Image from Coce

Rights, duties, and the body : law and ethics of the maternal-fetal conflict / Rosamund Scott.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub, 2002Description: xxxv, 437 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1841131342
  • 9781841131344
Other title:
  • Rights, duties, and the body : Law and ethics of the maternal-foetal conflict
  • Rights, duties & the body [Spine title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.085 23
LOC classification:
  • K642 .S36 2002
Contents:
Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- General Introduction: The Problem and the Issues Raised -- Pt. I. The Moral Relationship Between a Pregnant Woman and her Fetus: Exploring a Woman's Moral Rights and Duties -- 1. The Relation of the Fetus to the Pregnant Woman -- 2. The Relation of the Pregnant Woman to the Fetus: The Interface between her Moral Rights and Duties -- Conclusions to Part I -- Pt. II. The Legal Arguments from Rights -- 3. Introduction to the Maternal-Fetal Cases and the Law of Treatment Refusal -- 4. Understanding the Values Underlying and Justifying a Pregnant Woman's Legal Right to Refuse Treatment -- Conclusions to Part II -- Pt. III. The Legal Arguments from Duty -- 5. "Technical" Arguments from Abortion Law -- 6. Arguments from Tort Law -- 7. Arguments from Rescue Law -- Conclusions to Part III -- Concluding the Arguments -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index of Names -- Subject Index.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-422) and index.

Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- General Introduction: The Problem and the Issues Raised -- Pt. I. The Moral Relationship Between a Pregnant Woman and her Fetus: Exploring a Woman's Moral Rights and Duties -- 1. The Relation of the Fetus to the Pregnant Woman -- 2. The Relation of the Pregnant Woman to the Fetus: The Interface between her Moral Rights and Duties -- Conclusions to Part I -- Pt. II. The Legal Arguments from Rights -- 3. Introduction to the Maternal-Fetal Cases and the Law of Treatment Refusal -- 4. Understanding the Values Underlying and Justifying a Pregnant Woman's Legal Right to Refuse Treatment -- Conclusions to Part II -- Pt. III. The Legal Arguments from Duty -- 5. "Technical" Arguments from Abortion Law -- 6. Arguments from Tort Law -- 7. Arguments from Rescue Law -- Conclusions to Part III -- Concluding the Arguments -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index of Names -- Subject Index.

Machine converted from AACR2 source record.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha