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Medical law and ethics / Jonathan Herring.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xl, 653 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780199576487 (pbk.) :
  • 9780199576487 (Paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 344.41701 HER
LOC classification:
  • KD3395
Contents:
1. Ethics and Medical Law; 2. The Structure of the NHS and the Rationing of Health Care Resources; 3. Medical Negligence; 4. Consent to Treatment; 5. Confidentiality; 6. Contraception, Abortion, and Pregnancy; 7. Reproduction; 8. Organ Donation and the Ownership of Body Parts; 9. Dying and Death; 10. Mental Health Law; 11. Research
Summary: This text provides an accessible guide to medical law, designed specifically for students. It will give readers not only a clear understanding of the law, but by using sociological and critical perspectives students will be able to appreciate the operation of the law in practice, and the ambiguities and tensions within it.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 344.41701 HER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00213014
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 344.41701 HER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00213015
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 344.41701 HER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 209858

Previous ed.: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Ethics and Medical Law; 2. The Structure of the NHS and the Rationing of Health Care Resources; 3. Medical Negligence; 4. Consent to Treatment; 5. Confidentiality; 6. Contraception, Abortion, and Pregnancy; 7. Reproduction; 8. Organ Donation and the Ownership of Body Parts; 9. Dying and Death; 10. Mental Health Law; 11. Research

This text provides an accessible guide to medical law, designed specifically for students. It will give readers not only a clear understanding of the law, but by using sociological and critical perspectives students will be able to appreciate the operation of the law in practice, and the ambiguities and tensions within it.

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