Full Description
Medical Law: Text, Cases, and Materials offers all of the explanation, commentary, and extracts from cases and key materials that students need to gain a thorough understanding of this complex topic. Key case extracts provide the legal context, facts, and background; extracts from materials provide differing ethical perspectives and outline current debates; and the author's insightful commentary ensures that readers understand the facts of the cases and can navigate the ethical landscape to form their own understanding of medical law.
Digital formats
This sixth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats.
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
Contents
1: An introduction to bioethics
2: The provision of health care services: the NHS, resource allocation, and public health
3: Medical malpractice
4: Informed consent
5: Incapacity I: Adults
6: Incapacity II: Children
7: Mental health law
8: Confidentiality
9: Genetic information
10: Clinical research
11: The regulation of medicines
12: Organ transplantation
13: Embryo research, stem cells, and emerging biotechnologies
14: Abortion
15: Assisted conception
16: Surrogacy
17: Assisted dying
