Full Description
Medical Law and Ethics provides coverage of the major topics of medical law and ethics, combining detailed legal exposition and analysis with moral theory and philosophy. This book considers the wider contextual pressures facing the law such as the impact of market forces and patient consumerism, political interests, medical and professional interests, changing perceptions of medicine, developing technologies, and limited resources.
Contents
Regulation and patient grievances; Consent and patient information; Reproductive medicine; Research, experimentation and genetics; Transplantation; The end of life.
