Medical Law and Ethics 7th ed

Description

Winner of the Minty Medico-Legal Society Prize for Medico-Legal Textbooks, this acclaimed textbook by a leading expert in the field provides an authoritative and accessible exploration of medical law and ethics. It covers Resources, Negligence and Patient Information; Consent; Reproductive Medicine; Research; Transplantation; and The End of Life, combining detailed legal description and analysis with moral theory and philosophy, and considering the wider contextual pressures facing the law such as patient consumerism and the growing recognition of human rights.

New for the seventh edition: major recent structural reforms to the NHS; the capacity test as specified by the Supreme Court in A Local Authority v JB; the Law Commissions' report on surrogacy; detailed discussion of heritable genome editing; pending amendments to the 2004 Clinical Trials Regulations; the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill; and new cases including Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Bell v Tavistock.

Table of Contents

1. Medical Ethics. Resources, Negligence and Patient Information: 2. NHS Structure and Resource Allocation. 3. Clinical Negligence. 4. Confidentiality and Data Protection. Consent: 5. Information, Voluntariness and Public Policy. 6. Capacity and Mental Health. 7. Capacity and Children. Reproductive Medicine: 8. Abortion. 9. Reproductive Technologies. 10. Prenatal Negligence. Research: 11. Embryo Research, Cloning and Heritable Genome Modification. 12. Clinical Research. Transplantation: 13. Living and Deceased Donors. 14. Payment, Alternatives and Property. The End of Life: 15-16. Law and Ethical Controversy. Conclusion: 17. A Moral Approach to Medical Law.

Target Audience

Law students, postgraduate law students, medical ethics researchers, philosophy and ethics students, healthcare professionals, lawyers

Genre

Law, Medical Ethics, Bioethics, Legal Education, Academic Textbooks

Q&A

Q: Where can I buy Medical Law and Ethics?
A: You can order this book, 7th Edition, directly from CLNZ Books at clnzbooks.com, with worldwide shipping and secure payment by credit card or PayPal.

Q: What's new in the 7th edition?
A: Coverage of recent NHS structural reforms, the Supreme Court's capacity test in A Local Authority v JB, the surrogacy law reform report, and the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

Q: What topics does the book cover?
A: Resources and negligence, consent, reproductive medicine, research, transplantation, and end-of-life law, combined with moral theory and philosophy.

Q: What prize has this book won?
A: The Minty Medico-Legal Society Prize for Medico-Legal Textbooks.

Q: Who is this book for?
A: Law students, postgraduate researchers, medical ethics students, and healthcare professionals.

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