Dying and Death in Law and Medicine: A Forensic Primer for Health and Legal Professionals

by Arthur S. Berger

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. In the wake of advances in medical technology, recent court decisions on the right to die, the enactment of natural death and brain death statutes, advance directives and living wills, and growing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275939286
• ISBN13: 9780275939281
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.6"