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Medical Law and Ethics
By
Jonathan Herring
Description
* Provides a
clear accessible discussion of medical law and ethics making the book
suitable for use on all undergraduate and postgraduate medical law
courses.
* Each chapter
contains a clear summary of the present law, a section considering
how the law works in practice, and a selection of further reading for
students wanting to gain a deeper understanding of ethical debates
and why writers take such different views.
* Features
such as boxes highlighting religious, critical, and feminist
viewpoints encourage students to reflect on their reading and to
fully consider a range of perspectives on the ethical issues raised.
* Fully
supported by an companion web site that provides updates on new
developments in the area thereby enabling students to keep abreast of
these changes.
This book provides
a clear, concise description of medical law; but it does more than
that. It also provides an introduction to the ethical principles that
can be used to challenge or support the law. It also provides a range
of perspectives from which to analyse the law: feminist, religious
and sociological perspectives are all used. This will enable you to
understand not only what the law is, but also the complex tensions
between viewpoints and moralities which make medical law such an
interesting subject to study.
Written for LLB
and MA students taking medical law courses, this book presents the
material in a highly accessible and interesting way and, as this is
such a fast moving subject, the book will be supported by an
companion web site providing updates.
Online Resource Centre
Updates
Readership:
This text is primarily for undergraduate students opting to take
medical law modules, or postgraduates studying medical law and
ethics.
Contents
1. Basic Legal and
Ethical Principles of Medicine
2. Medical
Negligence
3. Consent
4. Confidentiality
5. The Legal
Regulation of Pregancy
6. Assisted
Reproduction
7. Transplantation
and Ownership of Bodily Parts and Products
8. The Ending of
Life
9. The Provision
and Regulation of Health Care: \"Rationing of Health Care\"
10. Mental Health
Law
11. Medical
Research
Authors, editors, and contributors
Jonathan
Herring, Fellow in Law, Exeter College, Oxford
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