| Requiem or renaissance for the law reform commission of Canada? | |
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PMID: 12408112 Owner: KIE Status: MEDLINE |
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From 1975 to 1992, the protection of life project of the Law Reform Commission of Canada sought to help society answer some of the legal and bioethical riddles posed by the biomedical revolution, particularly as these developments affected the protection of human life, public safety and fundamental values. A focus on the risks, benefits, rights and duties associated with biomedical sciences and technology provided the project both a means of inquiry into pressing health law and bioethics questions, and a methodology of law reform. The inquiry was often applied through a transdisciplinary perspective, to such topics as the redefinition of death, medically assisted procreation, behavioral alteration, human experimentation, organ transplantation, consent, and the criminal law. Amid recent initiatives to resurrect the Commission, the contributions of the protection of life project are likely to be judged by the bioethico-legal decision-making, dispute resolution, legislative or regulatory enactments and court decisions influenced by its corpus of thought. |
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Authors:
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D J Jones |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Annals (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada) Volume: 29 ISSN: 0035-8800 ISO Abbreviation: Ann R Coll Physicians Surg Can Publication Date: 1996 Apr |
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Created Date: 2002-10-30 Completed Date: 2002-12-09 Revised Date: 2004-11-18 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7505204 Medline TA: Ann R Coll Physicians Surg Can Country: Canada |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 167-70 Citation Subset: E |
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National Coucil on Bioethics in Human Research, 774 Echo Dr., Ottowa ON K1S 5N8, Canada. |
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Advisory Committees Bioethical Issues* Biomedical Technology Canada Jurisprudence* |
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