Pattinson, Shaun D.,

Medical law & ethics / Medical law and ethics Shaun D. Pattinson, LL.B., M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.A., professor of medical law and ethics at Durham University. - 4th edition. - xlvii, 648 pages ; 24 cm

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.

9780414031708 0414031709

2014486022

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101643967 DNLM 016801040 Uk


Medical laws and legislation--Great Britain.
Medical ethics.
Gesundheitsrecht.
Ethik.
Medical ethics.
Medical laws and legislation.
Legislation, Medical
Ethics, Medical
Bioethical Issues


Großbritannien.
Great Britain.
Great Britain

KD3395 / .P38 2014

344.41041

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