Medical Law and Ethics

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Oxford University Press, 2016 - Law - 674 pages
Medical Law and Ethics covers the core legal principles, key cases, and statutes that govern medical law alongside the key ethical debates and dilemmas that exist in the field to ensure that the law is firmly placed in context.

Carefully constructed features highlight these debates, drawing out the European angles, religious beliefs, and feminist perspectives which influence legal regulations. Other features such as 'a shock to the system', 'public opinion' and 'reality check' introduce further socio-legal aspects and contribute to the lively and engaging manner in which the subject is approached.

Online Resource Centre
This book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre which includes:

Bibliography and further reading
Links to key cases
Author video podcast
Web links
Links to key sites with information on medical law and ethics
 

Contents

1 Ethics and Medical Law
1
2 The Structure of the National Health Service and the Rationing of Healthcare Resources ...
46
3 Medical Negligence
106
4 Consent to Treatment
155
5 Confidentiality
232
6 Contraception Abortion and Pregnancy
281
7 Reproduction
368
8 Organ Donation and the Ownership of Body Parts
431
9 Dying and Death
491
10 Mental Health Law
578
11 Research
614
Note on the Bibliography
653
Index
655
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About the author (2016)

Jonathan Herring, Professor of Law, Exeter College, University of Oxford Jonathan Herring, Professor of Law, Exeter College, University of Oxford. He is the author of several leading textbooks in the fields of medical, criminal, and family law.

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