Full Description
Takes a reflective view of medical law and ethics, the health care system and challenges raised by modern technology. Topics include HIV and AIDS, the Human Fertilization and Embryology Bill, Medical Accountability, and the National Health Service. Discusses the need for responsibility, accountability and respect for individual human rights.
Contents
Medical ethics in Islam, M. Abdel Haleem; euthanasia, Ludovic Kennedy; treatment decisions - keeping it in the family, A. Grubb; autonomy in the company of others, S. Jinnett-Sack; the persistent vegetative state - medical, ethical and legal issues, B. Jennett; geriatric medicine - some ethical issues associated with its development, M. Jeffreys; the development and future of Research Ethics Committees in Britain, C. Gilbert Foster; innovations in procedure and practice in multiparty medical cases, K. Oliphant; the medical and legal response to post-traumatic stress disorder, M. Napier.
