Landmark cases in medical law / edited by Jonathan Herring, Jesse Wall.
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TextSeries: Publisher: Oxford : Hart Publishing 2015Description: 328 pages ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781849465649 (hbk.) :
- 344.41041 HER
- K3601
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Table of cases: pages xi-xxi.
Table of legislation: pages xxiii-xxv.
Table of international conventions: page xxvii.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction Jonathan Herring and Jesse Wall 1. Doodeward v Spence (1908) Loane Skene 2. Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957]: Medical Law \' s Accordion Jose Miola 3. Re B (A Minor) (Wardship: Sterilisation) [1988]: \'People Like Us Don\'t Have Babies\': Learning Disability, Prospective Parenthood and Legal Transformations Kirsty Keywood 4. Re B (A Minor) (Wardship: Medical Treatment) [1981]: \'The Child Must Live\': Disability, Parents and the Law Jonathan Herring 5. Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] Charles Foster 6. R v Cambridge Health Authority, ex parte B (A Minor) [1995]: A Tale of Two Judgments Jesse Wall 7. R v Bournewood Community and Mental Health NHS Trust, ex parte L [1999]: Bournewood Fifteen Years On Genevra Richardson 8. Re MB (An Adult: Medical Treatment) [1997] and St George\'s Healthcare NHS Trust v S [1998]: The Dilemma of the \' Court-Ordered \' Caesarean Marie Fox and Kirsty Moreton 9. R v Department of Health, ex parte Source Informatics Ltd [1999] Mark Taylor 10. McFarlane v Tayside Health Board [2000] and Cattanach v Melchior [2003] Laura Hoyano 11. Chester v Afshar [2004] Sarah Green 12. R (on the Application of Burke) v General Medical Council [2004]; Burke v United Kingdom [2006]: Contemporaneous and Advance Requests: The Fight for Rights at the End of Life Shaun D Pattinson 13. The Right to Die and the Right to Help: R (on the Application of Purdy) v Directorof Public Prosecutions [2009] and Its Legacy Kate Greasley 14. Yearworth and Others v North Bristol NHS Trust [2009] Loane Skene 15. A, B and C v Ireland [2010] Imogen Goold
This work brings together leading figures in the field to discuss the most significant cases in medical law. The cases are explored in their social and historical context to understand better what has influenced the development of the law.