The Legal, Medical and Cultural Regulation of the Body: Transformation and Transgression

The Legal, Medical and Cultural Regulation of the Body: Transformation and Transgression Smith Stephen W. Wydawca: Taylor & Francis Ltd Data wydania: 2009 ISBN: 9780754677369 Liczba stron: 256 Format: 241 x 157 x 21 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: The regulation of the body provides an important concern in law, medical practice and culture. This comprehensive new volume explores how conceptions of self, liberalism, property and harm inform and influence contentious legal and ethical questions about what we can and cannot do to or with our own bodies.