Dying and Death in Law and Medicine: A Forensic Primer for Health and Legal Professionals

While health professionals may be adequately informed about the legal aspects of many specialized areas of medicine and nursing, they may not totally understand the law applicable to cases of dying patients, or even the legal definition of death itself. In the wake of advances in medical technology, recent court decisions on the right to die, etc., there has been widespread concern about the legal and ethical issues surrounding these subjects.

This book, written by a lawyer-thanatologist, brings together case and statutory law applicable to dying patients, the right to die, advance directives, brain death, and organ transplantation, thus formulating a law of dying and death.