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1、(A)FosterPrelims5/2/0911:42PageiCHOOSINGLIFE,CHOOSINGDEATHAutonomyisavitalprincipleinmedicallawandethics.Itoccupiesaprominentplaceinallmedico-legalandethicaldebate.Butthereisadangerouspresumptionthatitshouldhavetheonlyvote,oratleastthecastingvote.Thisbookisanassaul
2、tonthatpresumption,andanauditofautonomy’sextraordinarystatus.Thefightbackagainstthehegemonyofautonomybeganlongago,buttheorig-inalpaperssettingoutthedissenters’contentionsstillhavethefeelofsamizdattracts.Alotofthemodernacademicliteraturedoestakeamoremoderateposi-tion
3、.Butthatliteratureisnotanaccuratebarometerofthezeitgeist.Forthatyouneedtohearspeakers’tonesatconferences,readthemedicalandlegalbroad-sheets,trawlthroughthedictatesoftheGMCandtheguidelinesoftheBMAandnotethepresumptionsintheheadsof(particularlyyoung)doctorswhentheyta
4、lkabouttheirpatients.Thisbooksurveysthemainissuesinmedicallaw,notinginrelationtoeachissuethepowerwieldedbyautonomy,askingwhetherthatpowercanbejustifiedandsuggestinghowotherprinciplescanandshouldcontributetothelaw.Itsstructureisbroadlychronological.Itstartsbeforebirt
5、h(withquestionsrelatingtoreproductivetechnologyandtheownershipofgametes)andendsafterdeath(withtheissuesrelatingtotheownershipofbodyparts).Onthewayitdealswiththestatusoftheearlyembryoandthefetus,thelawofabortion,confidentiality,con-sent,medicallitigation,medicalresea
6、rchandend-of-lifedecision-making.Itconcludesthatautonomy’sstatuscannotbeintellectuallyorethicallyjusti-fied,andthatpositivediscriminationinfavouroftheotherbalancingprinciplesisurgentlyneededinordertoavoidsomesinisterresults.(A)FosterPrelims5/2/0911:42Pageii(A)Foster
7、Prelims5/2/0911:42PageiiiChoosingLife,ChoosingDeathTheTyrannyofAutonomyinMedicalEthicsandLawCharlesFosterOXFORDANDPORTLAND,OREGON2009(A)FosterPrelims5/2/0911:42PageivPublishedinNorthAmerica(USandCanada)byHartPublishingc/oInternationalSpecializedBookServices920NE58t
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