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New conditions bring new choices. Today, advances in technology and changing social norms force us to confront ethical issues that rarely arose in the past. Sophisticated medical devices can keep a patient alive in ways that were once impossible. But what is a patient -- or a patient's family -- doesn't wish these mechanisms to be used? Another concern involves the end of life -- who decides when it occurs? IF a terminally ill person chooses to die, does that person deserve medical assistance? Or how far can a child go when he believes his parents are abusive? Very often, such delicate questions must be decided in court. LANDMARK TRIALS OF MODERN ETHICS explores some of these remarkable cases.
The following key Modern Ethics cases are included in this series
(1) Michigan v. Anderson: A Right to Life or Death, (2) In Re Michael Martin: A Battle Over Life Support, (3) Michigan v. Kevorkian: The Ethics of Assisted Suicide, (4) Kaplan v. Chamberlain: The Battle for a Surrogate Baby, (5) Gregory K. v. Ralph K.: Children Divorcing Their Parents

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