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WHO Resource Book on Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation
World Health Organization 2005; US$ 45.00The WHO Resource Book on Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation brings together important information on international human rights standards related to mental health. It provides practical guidance on key issues that countries need to consider and incorporate into their national mental health laws, as well as useful strategies to facilitate the... more...
Internationale Haftungsregeln für schädliche Folgewirkungen gentechnisch veränderter Organismen
Springer 2007; US$ 99.99Die Untersuchung beschftigt sich mit der Frage einer internationalen Haftung fr gentechnologisch bedingte Folgeschden. Anknpfungspunkte hierfr sind das UN-bereinkommen ber die biologische Vielfalt (CBD) und das Cartagena-Protokoll ber die biologische Sicherheit (BSP). Dieses Protokoll beschftigt sich mit dem Schutz vor den Gefahren der Biotechnologie... more...
Competence and Vulnerability in Biomedical Research
Springer 2008; US$ 129.99Enhanced knowledge of the nature and causes of mental disorder have led increasingly to a need for the recruitment of a cognitively vulnerablea (TM) participants in biomedical research. These individuals often fall into the a grey areaa (TM) between obvious decisional competence and obvious decisional incompetence and, as a result, may not be recognised... more...
Property Rights in Blood, Genes and Data
BRILL 2005; US$ 92.00Taking a context-driven approach and backing up traditional legal analysis, this work provides practical answers and recommendations for such controversial issues as how to share the benefits of DNA research, whether or not to recognize personal property rights in bodily material, and access to biomedical datasets in academia. more...
International Neurolaw
Springer 2012; US$ 109.99Whereas the past few years have repeatedly been referred to as the "era of biotechnology", most recently the impression has emerged that at least the same degree of attention is being paid to the latest developments in the field of neurosciences. It has now become nearly impossible to maintain an overview of the number of research projects... more...
Governing Biobanks
Hart Publishing Limited 2012; US$ 84.60Using interview data this book provides unique insights and makes recommendations about the governance of biobanking in the future. more...
Genetic Privacy
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 65.00New concepts of privacy and property rights in the self deserve stronger legal protection following developments in genetics as these affect individuals, relatives, insurers, employers, and the state. Of interest to lawyers, philosophers and doctors concerned with issues of genetics and privacy; also to genetic counsellors, researchers and policy makers. more...
Briefcase on Medical Law
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 56.00Medical law is a relatively new area of law. It draws on, and overlaps with, many other areas of law such as tort, family law, human rights and criminal law. Apart from this hybrid legal basis it is also informed by bioethical theory. This book draws those elements together to form a comprehendible and succinct overview. The cases and other relevant... more...
Biomedicine, the family, and human rights
BRILL 2002; US$ 319.00As the attention of the world turns to cloning, this title adds to the search for a balance between the rights and freedoms of born and unborn people and the quest for new technologies. It surveys the theoretical, ethical and legal issues with regard to biotechnology, human rights and family law. more...









