Books by Robert H. Blank

This book focuses on the public policy and political dimensions of Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias (AD/D) in the United States, with coverage of the global dimensions and relevant examples from other countries.

and general readers in public libraries. This easily accessible reference describes court cases, legislation, public policies, technologies, issues, key government agencies, and private organizations dealing with the complex economic, cultural, social, and political context for biomedical decisionmaking today.

Combines comprehensive coverage of the legal and social issues raised as a result of both emerging technologies for fetal intervention and increasing knowledge of fetal development.

Rapid advances in cognitive neuroscience and converging technologies have led to a vigorous debate over cognitive enhancement.

How can America become a healthy nation, he asks, when it is beset by poverty, illiteracy, and crime? Blank calls for a more aggressive redistribution of social and public health resources to the poor and elderly; at the same time, he describes sanctions that would encourage individuals to be more careful about their own health, and limit or change destructive behavior.

This volume contains a selection of essays which focus on issues involving the inviolability of the human body and the decision to end life. Biologists, ethicists, theologians and political scientists discuss whether or not limits should be placed on medical intervention.

Considering dilemmas in medical policy making, Blank contends that there is only one way to improve health policy: by moderating public expectations of biomedical technologies and emphasizing preventive health care. Blank traces four aspects of health care: organ transplantation, the treatment of seriously ill newborns, reproductive technologies, and fetal health.

An exploration of the policy dilemmas with new fertility control techniques, this volume offers the first comprehensive treatment of the subject's technical, legal, and political dimensions.

This volume is designed to provide a framework for studying the public policy implications of a broad range of biomedical technologies. Contributors address such issues as new reproductive technologies, animal experimentation, contraceptive drugs, genetic markers and technology and the aging society.