TY - BOOK AU - Herring,Jonathan TI - Medical law and ethics SN - 9780199576487 (pbk.) : AV - KD3395 U1 - 344.41701 HER PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Medical laws and legislation KW - Great Britain KW - Medical ethics KW - Law KW - ukslc KW - Medical & healthcare law KW - thema N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -