A New Issue of The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics is Now Available

March 17, 2008

The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (Vol. 36 Issue 1, Spring 2008) is now available by subscription only.

Articles include:
“Introduction: Religions and Cultures of East and West: Perspectives on Bioethics” by Robert M. Sade, 7–9
“Go and Tend the Earth: A Jewish View on an Enhanced World” by Laurie Zoloth, 10–25
‘”Enhancing Life?” Perspectives from Traditional Chinese Value-Systems” by Russell Kirkland, 26–40
“Enhancement Technologies and the Person: Christian Perspectives” by Andrew Lustig, 41–50
‘”Hindu” Bioethics?” by Deepak Sarma, 51–58
“Enhancement Technologies and the Person: An Islamic View” by Shahid Athar, 59–64
“Enhancement and Desire: Japanese Qualms about Where Biotechnology is Taking Us” by William R. LaFleur, 65–72
“Hormone Therapy, Dilemmas, Medical Decisions” by Jay Schulkin, 73–88
“The Current State of Medical School Education in Bioethics, Health Law, and Health Economics” by Govind C. Persad, Linden Elder, Laura Sedig, Leonardo Flores, and Ezekiel J. Emanuel, 89–94
“What Is Medical Ethics Consultation?” by Giles R. Scofield, 95–118
“The POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) Paradigm to Improve End-of-LifeCare: Potential State Legal Barriers to Implementation” by Susan E. Hickman, Charles P. Sabatino, Alvin H. Moss, and Jessica Wehrle Nester, 119–140
“LabCorp v. Metabolite Laboratories: The Supreme Court Listens, but Declines to Speak” by Roger D. Klein and Maurice J. Mahoney, 141–149
“Race, Religion, and Informed Consent – Lessons from Social Science” by Dayna Bowen Matthew, 150–173
“Currents in Contemporary Ethics” by Mark A. Rothstein, 174–178
“Reviews in Medical Ethics” by Judith F. Daar, 184–190