Medical law and ethics / Jonathan Herring.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xl, 653 p. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780199576487 (pbk.) :
- 9780199576487 (Paper)
- 344.41701 HER
- KD3395
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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.