• DOI:10.1111/J.1749-6632.1978.TB50352.X
Corpus ID: 36535062

LEGAL DEFINITION OF DEATH

@article{Capron1978LEGALDO,
  title={LEGAL DEFINITION OF DEATH},
  author={A. Capron},
  journal={Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences},
  year={1978},
  volume={315}
}

A. Capron

Published 1978

Political Science, Medicine

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Current antagonism notwithstanding, substantive conflict between medicine and the law is minor. Basically, good medicine is still good law-that is, actions of a physician that are acceptable among his or her colleagues will seldom be deemed improper by the legal system.’ There may, however, be times when good law does not seem like good medicine, and indeed when doctors think that the law makes no sense at all. This can sometimes result from the law’s well-known ability to engage in what are… CONTINUE READING

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