Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-274) and index.
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Part I : Medical law, tragic choices and the risk society -- What is medical law -- Medical law and the land of metamorphoses- -Biomedical diplomacy : tragic choices and the risk society -- Part II : Some language questions -- Health rights, ethics and justice : the opportunity costs of rhetoric -- Feminisms' accounts of reporductive technology -- Where do I own my body? (and why?) -- Part III : Intros : entrances and arrivals -- The legal status of the embryo and the fetus -- Legal and ethical dilemmas of fetal sex identification and gender selection -- Part IV : Attempts and failures in medical law : the case of genetics and risk society -- The troubled helix : legal aspects of the new genetics -- After genetics -- Part V : Outros : exits and departures -- Tragic choices and modern death : some bland reflections -- Odysseus and the binding directive : only a cautionary tale?
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This text picks up some of the most important developments in the relations between medicine and the law and reflects on the legal and social consequences of this metamorphosis during the 1990s. The book is a critical introduction to key issues in the pivotal moments of human life.