Encyclopedia of U.S. Biomedical Policy

?Recent news reports have told of the public outcry stemming from a young woman's decision to abort one of her healthy twins because of financial difficulties and of questions that were raised about allowing the implantation of five fertilized eggs in a woman with a quadriplegic husband. These cases would not have existed or drawn attention but for the medical choices made possible by advancements in biomedical technology. The dramatic increase in the frequency of such events has warranted the institution of biomedical policies to help make the best ethical, economic, and social decisions. This bolume focuses on US policies from the early 1970s that address biomedical interventions in prenatal and neonatal care, human genetics and reproduction, and death, as well as other biomedical issues (e.g., AIDS care, human experimentation). Entries, arranged alphabetically, discuss legislation and court cases, describe key organizations and technologies, and provide overviews written by experts.... This is the only current work that compiles discussion on all these issues in one volume. For academic collections, undergraduate through faculty.?-Choice