Legal perspectives in bioethics / edited by Ana S. Iltis, Sandra H. Johnson and Barbara A. Hinze.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Law and bioethics / Sandra H. Johnson, Ana S. Iltis, Barbara A. Hinze -- 2. A review of current issues in the regulation of human subject research in the United States / Jesse A. Goldner -- 3. Financial conflicts of interest in human subjects research : domestic and international issues / Robert Gatter -- 4. The role and legal status of health care ethics committees in the U.S. / Diane E. Hoffman and Anita J. Tarzian -- 5. What's wrong with health privacy? / Nicholas P. Terry -- 6. Health care and the human genome : regulatory challenge and response / Roberta M. Berry -- 7. Bioethics issues surrounding the beginning of life : legal aspects in the United States / Robyn S. Shapiro -- 8. Acquiring and allocating human organs for transplant : U.S. law / Bethany J. Spielman -- 9. End-of-life legal issues in the U.S. / John Robinson -- 10. Pediatrics, the law, and bioethics / Susan E. Zinner -- 11. Health care decisions for the elderly / Marshall B. Kapp -- 12. Legal regulation of genetic testing : balancing privacy and family interests / Loane Skene -- 13. Assisted reproduction in Ireland / Deirdre Madden -- 14. Canadian legal perspectives in bioethics / Bernard M. Dickens -- 15. Bioethics and New Zealand health law / P.D.G. Skegg -- 16. Bioethics in the developing world / Udo Schüklenk -- Index.