When law and medicine meet : a cultural view

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Romanucci-Ross, Lola (Author), Tancredi, Laurence (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer , c2007
Series:International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine v. 24
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Primitive yet contemporary: matrices of meaning
  • 2. The shape of believing
  • 3. From myth to law
  • 4. The romance of science and medicine
  • 5. The science of commitment
  • 6. Criminal behaviour and brain imaging techno-science
  • 7. DNA fingerprinting
  • 8. Notes from yhe trial of the century
  • 9. Logics of discovery, chance ,and scientific evidence in the court