Medical law & ethics / Shaun D. Pattinson, LL.B., M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.A., professor of medical law and ethics at Durham University.

By: Pattinson, Shaun D [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2014Edition: 4th editionDescription: xlvii, 648 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780414031708; 0414031709Other title: Medical law and ethics [Cover title]Subject(s): Medical laws and legislation -- Great Britain | Medical ethics | Gesundheitsrecht | Ethik | Großbritannien | Medical ethics | Medical laws and legislation | Great Britain | Legislation, Medical | Ethics, Medical | Bioethical Issues | Great BritainDDC classification: 344.41041 LOC classification: KD3395 | .P38 2014
Contents:
Medical Ethics -- NHS Structure and Resource Allocation -- Clinical Negligence -- Consent I: Information, Voluntariness and Public Policy -- Consent II: Capacity and Mental Health -- Medical Confidentiality and Data Protection -- Abortion -- Reproductive Technologies -- Prenatal Negligence -- Embryo Research, Embryonic Stem Cells and Cloning -- Clinical Research -- Transplantation I: Living and Deceased Donors -- Transplantation II: Payment, Alternatives and Property -- End of Line Decisions I: The Law -- End of Life Decisions II: Ethical Controversy -- A Moral Approach to Medical Law.
Summary: Medical Law and Ethics provides coverage of the major topics of medical law and ethics, combining detailed legal exposition and analysis with moral theory and philosophy. It considers the wider contextual pressures facing the law such as the impact of market forces and patient consumerism and the changing perceptions of medicine. This new fourth edition is the most significant revision of the book to date.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 589-631) and index.

Medical Ethics -- NHS Structure and Resource Allocation -- Clinical Negligence -- Consent I: Information, Voluntariness and Public Policy -- Consent II: Capacity and Mental Health -- Medical Confidentiality and Data Protection -- Abortion -- Reproductive Technologies -- Prenatal Negligence -- Embryo Research, Embryonic Stem Cells and Cloning -- Clinical Research -- Transplantation I: Living and Deceased Donors -- Transplantation II: Payment, Alternatives and Property -- End of Line Decisions I: The Law -- End of Life Decisions II: Ethical Controversy -- A Moral Approach to Medical Law.

Medical Law and Ethics provides coverage of the major topics of medical law and ethics, combining detailed legal exposition and analysis with moral theory and philosophy. It considers the wider contextual pressures facing the law such as the impact of market forces and patient consumerism and the changing perceptions of medicine. This new fourth edition is the most significant revision of the book to date.

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