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OverviewMedical law is now a distinct and important legal subject. The rights and duties of the medical profession and the increasing human rights demands of patients ensures medical law continues to be one of the most dynamic and challenging subjects for study and debate. Since the publication of the first edition of this book, medical law has had to confront a series of cases concerning one of the most intractable issues of our time, the termination of patients' lives in distressing conditions. Since the momentous House of Lords' decision in the case of Anthony Bland, a victim of the Hillsborough Stadium disaster, the medical law courts have had to react to changes in medical technology which can increase a patient's life-span whilst inspiring strong ethical dilemmas. Medical research has recently pioneered the technology to clone the human species as well as transplant organs from animals to humans. These are just a sample of current matters considered in the second edition of Textbook on Medical Law, which remains both a description and an evaluation of the law as it stands and is an aid to understanding the core principles which guide the future development of that law. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael Davies (Senior Tutor in Law, Senior Tutor in Law, University of Leicester)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Blackstone Press Ltd Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.30cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9781854318428ISBN 10: 185431842 Pages: 442 Publication Date: 01 October 1998 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsThe Nature of Medical Law; Confidentiality and Access to Medical Information; Medical Negligence; Ethical and Legal Basis of Consent; Informed Consent to Treatment; Wrongful Birth, Conception and Life; Mental Health and the Law; Embryo Research; Legal and Ethical Issues in Human Reproduction; Abortion and the Law; Sterilisation and the Mentally Handicapped; Neonaticide; Euthanasia; Death and Transplantation.ReviewsAuthor InformationMichael Davies is Lecturer in Law at the University of Leicester, where he specialises in medical law, the law of tort and criminal law. He also acts as legal consultant in medical negligence and personal injury litigation. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |