The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
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Author examines criminal investigations and prosecutions of physicians and nurses in connection with their care of dying patients and concludes that the criminal law has failed to protect patients and families and has significant power to deter appropriate pain management for dying patients.
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Authors argue that characterization of gene transfer research as "gene therapy" has compromised informed consent in the current environment of regulatory exceptions, routinized consent, fostered therapeutic misconceptions, and oversold research.
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Author offers an analytic defense of the coherence of the distinction between "killing" and "allowing to die," based on contemporary philosophy of action and intention.