{"product_id":"dying-and-death-in-law-and-medicine-a-forensic-primer-for-health-and-legal-professionals-hardcover","title":"Dying and Death in Law and Medicine: A Forensic Primer for Health and Legal Professionals - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArthur S. Berger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile 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 use of organ transplantation, there has been widespread concern about the legal and ethical issues surrounding these subjects. This book, written by a lawyer-thanatologist, will satisfy these needs. It is the first work to bring together case and statutory law applicable to dying patients, the right to die, advance directives, brain death, and organ transplantation, thus formulating a law of dying and death. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is also unique as a self-help law finder. Although occasions that require consultation with a lawyer will arise, this work gives health professionals practical guidance on where and how to find legal materials on these issues. This book should also prove immensely useful in summarizing the law concerning dying and death for professional legal counsel. Medical decisions and issues that once were the sole province of doctors, hospitals, patients, and families have become matters of increasing judicial and legislative attention.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eARTHUR 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 Foundation of Thantology at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. Listed in \u003ci\u003eWho's Who in the South and Southwest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWho's Who Among Human Services Professionals\u003c\/i\u003e, he is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eTo Die or Not to Die? Cross-Disciplinary, Cultural, and Legal Perspectives on the Right to Choose Death\u003c\/i\u003e (Praeger, 1990), and \u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Death and Dying\u003c\/i\u003e (1989). He is also the author of several books including the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eLives and Letters in American Parapsychology\u003c\/i\u003e, selected by \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e for its outstanding academic list, and the co-author of the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Parapsychology and Psychical Research \u003c\/i\u003e(1991).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 9.56 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 10, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874009354546,"sku":"9780275939281","price":187.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/1608\/0946\/files\/DgEYHC49Bq9780275939281.webp?v=1769601388","url":"https:\/\/deskinlawfirm.com\/products\/dying-and-death-in-law-and-medicine-a-forensic-primer-for-health-and-legal-professionals-hardcover","provider":"DLF Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}