Law and Bioethics: A Rights-Based Relationship and Its Troubling Implications

Daniel Sperling

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199545520.003.0004

Law and Bioethics: A Rights-Based Relationship and Its Troubling Implications

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Abstract

This chapter explores the relationship between law and bioethics and calls for a careful evaluation of the law's contributions to bioethics. It argues that while the law contributed extensively to the development of bioethics, it introduced a language and a way of thinking that are not necessarily appropriate to handle and resolve bioethical issues, and which, in a significant portion of cases, was irrelevant and had little impact on decision-making and behavioural patterns of patients.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Law and Bioethics
Subtitle of host publication	Current Legal Issues
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Volume	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191721113
ISBN (Print)	9780199545520
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199545520.003.0004
State	Published - 2 Oct 2008
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Bioethics
Law
Medical ethics
Rights

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Social Sciences

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