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Medical Law and Ethics 9th Revised edition

Paperback by Herring, Jonathan (Professor of Law, Exeter College, University of Oxford)

Medical Law and Ethics

£48.99

ISBN:
9780192856562
Publication Date:
25 Apr 2022
Edition/language:
9th Revised edition / English
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pages:
728 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 1 Jan 2025
Medical Law and Ethics

Description

Medical Law and Ethics covers the core legal principles, key cases, and statutes that govern medical law alongside the key ethical debates and dilemmas that exist in the field. Carefully constructed features highlight these debates, drawing out the European angles, religious beliefs, and feminist perspectives which influence legal regulations. Other features such as 'a shock to the system', 'public opinion' and 'reality check' introduce further socio-legal discussion and contribute to the lively and engaging manner in which the subject is approached. Digital formats and resources The ninth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources. · The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks · The online resources include: complete bibliography and list of further reading; links to key cases; a video from the author which introduces the book; links to key sites with information on medical law and ethics; and answer guidance to one question per chapter.

Contents

1: Ethics and medical law 2: The structure of the National Health Service and the rationing of healthcare resources 3: Medical negligence 4: Consent to treatment 5: Children and medicine 6: Mental health law 7: Confidentiality 8: Contraception, abortion, and pregnancy 9: Reproduction 10: Organ donation and the ownership of body parts 11: Dying and death

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