Emerging medical technologies are changing our views on human nature and what it means
to be alive, healthy, and leading a good life. Reproductive technologies, genetic diagnosis …

Bioethics: The Basics is an introduction to the foundational principles, theories and issues in
the study of medical and biological ethics. Readers are introduced to bioethics from the …

Lucid and logical in structure, this new edition, previously entitled Sourcebook on Medical
Law draws together a wide range of essential material, including extracts from statutes …

An innovative program recently initiated at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Medical Center allows people to donate a kidney in exchange for a voucher that a loved one …

This chapter focuses on the legal definition of death and its implications for the legal
protection of the right to life. Within the UK, the law adopts brain-stem death (BSD) as the …

In considering the ethical dimensions of commemorations, the altruism of the donors
emerges as predominant, coupled with which is their informed consent. However, these …

The rise of new technologies—robotics, artificial intelligence, and nanotechnology among
them—gave the American computer scientist Bill Joy certain pause for deep concern; these …

This article suggests that current technological development is based upon outdated ways of
understanding human beings as “exceptional” to the rest of the natural world. As such, these …

The collection and display of human remains has long been accepted within many cultures
and religions. However, in contemporary Western society the practice has become …

An innovative program recently initiated at UCLA Medical Center allows people to donate a
kidney in exchange for a voucher that a loved one can redeem for a kidney if and when …