Contemporary legal and ethical dilemmas raised by advancement in medicine, science and technology

The late twentieth century depicts medical practice as being technologically advance-orientated environment. These rapid developments in medicine, science and technology have awakened many moral and legal questions. The law is required to establish rights and responsibilities in this developing area...

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Main Author: Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie
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Language:English
Published: LexisNexis 2004
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spelling iium-34332011-10-13T08:07:40Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/3433/ Contemporary legal and ethical dilemmas raised by advancement in medicine, science and technology Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie K Law (General) R Medicine (General) The late twentieth century depicts medical practice as being technologically advance-orientated environment. These rapid developments in medicine, science and technology have awakened many moral and legal questions. The law is required to establish rights and responsibilities in this developing area but how far has the law managed to keep pace with advances in medicine and medical technology is a question to be answered. A host of legal problems have arisen from various medical processes such as in vitro fertilization, freezing of embryos, genetic engineering, organ transplant and artificial insemination. The court is faced with the daunting task to make decisions in these areas where there exist conflicts of moral, ethical and religious values. In many cases, the legal outcome may not always be the same as the ethical perspective as the law, being an instrument of social regulation, has a more intrusive or coercive function. LexisNexis 2004 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/3433/1/contemporar_ethical_dilemmas.pdf Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie (2004) Contemporary legal and ethical dilemmas raised by advancement in medicine, science and technology. Malayan Law Journal, 2. i-ix. ISSN 0025-1283 http://w3.nexis.com/sources/scripts/info.pl?153134
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Contemporary legal and ethical dilemmas raised by advancement in medicine, science and technology
description The late twentieth century depicts medical practice as being technologically advance-orientated environment. These rapid developments in medicine, science and technology have awakened many moral and legal questions. The law is required to establish rights and responsibilities in this developing area but how far has the law managed to keep pace with advances in medicine and medical technology is a question to be answered. A host of legal problems have arisen from various medical processes such as in vitro fertilization, freezing of embryos, genetic engineering, organ transplant and artificial insemination. The court is faced with the daunting task to make decisions in these areas where there exist conflicts of moral, ethical and religious values. In many cases, the legal outcome may not always be the same as the ethical perspective as the law, being an instrument of social regulation, has a more intrusive or coercive function.
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title Contemporary legal and ethical dilemmas raised by advancement in medicine, science and technology
title_short Contemporary legal and ethical dilemmas raised by advancement in medicine, science and technology
title_full Contemporary legal and ethical dilemmas raised by advancement in medicine, science and technology
title_fullStr Contemporary legal and ethical dilemmas raised by advancement in medicine, science and technology
title_full_unstemmed Contemporary legal and ethical dilemmas raised by advancement in medicine, science and technology
title_sort contemporary legal and ethical dilemmas raised by advancement in medicine, science and technology
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