Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 357 g
Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 357 g
Reihe: Biomedical Law and Ethics Library
ISBN: 978-0-367-58279-1
Verlag: Routledge
Is the legal protection that is given to the expression of Abrahamic religious belief adequate or appropriate in the context of English medical law? This is the central question that is explored in this book, which develops a framework to support judges in the resolution of contentious cases that involve dissension between religious belief and medical law, developed from Alan Gewirth’s Principle of Generic Consistency (PGC).
This framework is applied to a number of medical law case studies: the principle of double effect, ritual male circumcision, female genital mutilation, Jehovah’s Witnesses (adults and children) who refuse blood transfusions, and conscientious objection of healthcare professionals to abortion. The book also examines the legal and religious contexts in which these contentious cases are arbitrated. It demonstrates how human rights law and the proposed framework can provide a gauge to measure competing rights and apply legitimate limits to the expression of religious belief, where appropriate. The book concludes with a stance of principled pragmatism, which finds that some aspects of current legal protections in English medical law require amendment.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Ethische Themen & Debatten
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
- Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsethik, Weltethos
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Wissenschaft
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht
- Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Kommunal- und Baurecht Raumordnung, Städtebau, Wohnungsbaurecht
- Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Medizin- und Gesundheitsrecht
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
Weitere Infos & Material
Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Mode of Inquiry: An Indirect Application of the Principle of Generic Consistency; Chapter 3: The Religiously-Inspired Principle of Double Effect in English Medical Law; Chapter 4: Adult Jehovah’s Witnesses and Refusal of Blood Transfusions in English Medical law; Chapter 5: Children, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Refusal of Blood Transfusions; Chapter 6: Ritual male circumcision and the manifestation of religious belief in English Medical law; Chapter 7: Illegal Circumcision: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM); Chapter 8: Is Appropriate Protection given under English law to Conscientious Objection to Abortion?; Chapter 9: Conclusion;