Research on Frontier Issues of Chinese Health Law

Author: (USA) Scott Burrell
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: Introduction: This is a specialized research book that delves into some theoretical and practical issues emerging in China's health sector from a legal perspective during the new era. The research findings cover public health law issues such as infectious disease control, AIDS legislation, public health, patent and drug accessibility; health care law issues including medical malpractice compensation, social medical insurance, legislation on human organ donation and transplantation, brain death legislation, the legality of euthanasia, and human experimentation in medical research; as well as fundamental bioethics and legal issues such as life ethics and law in biotechnology, and health and human rights. The authors of this book include some renowned scholars in the field of health law both domestically and internationally, as well as young scholars who participated in the 2004 US Temple University China-US Health Law Workshop. They come from institutions such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, China University of Political Science and Law, Jilin University, Zhejiang University, Sun Yat-sen University, Sichuan University, Yunnan University, as well as the Ministry of Commerce and the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress. This book holds significant theoretical and practical value, and is expected to provide valuable references for health law education and research, as well as legislation and management in the field of health law. This is a specialized research book that delves into some theoretical and practical issues emerging in China's health sector from a legal perspective during the new era. The research findings cover public health law issues such as infectious disease control, AIDS legislation, public health, patent and drug accessibility; health care law issues including medical malpractice compensation, social medical insurance, legislation on human organ donation and transplantation, brain death legislation, the legality of euthanasia, and human experimentation in medical research; as well as fundamental bioethics and legal issues such as life ethics and law in biotechnology, and health and human rights. The authors of this book include some renowned scholars in the field of health law both domestically and internationally, as well as young scholars who participated in the 2004 US Temple University China-US Health Law Workshop. They come from institutions such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, China University of Political Science and Law, Jilin University, Zhejiang University, Sun Yat-sen University, Sichuan University, Yunnan University, as well as the Ministry of Commerce and the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress. This book holds significant theoretical and practical value, and is expected to provide valuable references for health law education and research, as well as legislation and management in the field of health law.