Medical Law and Ethics

4. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-414-03170-8
Verlag: Sweet & Maxwell

Buch, Englisch, 728 Seiten

Winner of the Medico-Legal Society prize for best medico-legal book 2010

Covers the major topics of medical law and ethics, combining detailed legal explanation and analysis with moral theory and philosophy.
Covers the major topics of medical law and ethics, combining detailed legal explanation and analysis with moral theory and philosophy
Considers the wider contextual pressures facing the law such as the impact of patient consumerism, and the changing perceptions of medicine
Chapters can be read individually to provide detailed overviews of specific topics or together, as part of the whole, for a comprehensive understanding of the subject

New to this edition:

Restructured to reflect modern medical law course (see Table of Contents below)
Introduction of pedagogical features such as summary boxes throughout each chapter
Expanded discussion of Mental Health law
Coverage of legal developments including Supreme Court decisions on the end of life (Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v James and R (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice)

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pattinson, Shaun D.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik