Overview
The relationship between law and bioethics and the influence of both on medical research and clinical practice is a topic that is often mentioned but rarely subjected to sustained critical analysis. This book considers a number of issues in medicine in which the influence of the law has been most profound and positive including: informed consent; advance directives; constitutional liberties and privacy; and standards for pain management and end-of-life care. The book provides important background material on significant legal and philosophical concepts, terms and principles necessary to an understanding of the legal process and ethical analysis. This work establishes that the role of law in medicine and bioethics has been positive and its continuing involvement in the rights of research subjects and patients is necessary.
Full Product Details
Author: Ben A. Rich
Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition: 2001 ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 1.410kg
ISBN: 9780306466656
ISBN 10: 0306466651
Pages: 196
Publication Date: 30 November 2001
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'The writing style, like most good American academic texts, is clear, unambiguous and easy to follow. It is a great shame for UK medical practitioners that we do not have a similar book for English, Scottish and European law. This is a book that I will recommend to more enthusiastic students.' Iain Smith, Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds in Journal of Health Organization and Management, 17:6 (2003)
The writing style, like most good American academic texts, is clear, unambiguous and easy to follow. It is a great shame for UK medical practitioners that we do not have a similar book for English, Scottish and European law. This is a book that I will recommend to more enthusiastic students.' Iain Smith, Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds in Journal of Health Organization and Management, 17: 6 (2003)
`The writing style, like most good American academic texts, is clear, unambiguous and easy to follow. It is a great shame for UK medical practitioners that we do not have a similar book for English, Scottish and European law. This is a book that I will recommend to more enthusiastic students.' Iain Smith, Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds in Journal of Health Organization and Management, 17:6 (2003)
