Autonomy, Informed Consent and Medical Law: A Relational Challenge

ISBN-13: 9780521896931 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 296 str.

Alasdair MacLean

Opis

Alasdair Maclean examines the ethical basis for consent to medical treatment and offers proposals for reform.

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I: 1. Autonomy; 2. The relevance of beneficence, justice and virtue; 3. The healthcare professional-patient relationship: setting the context for consent; 4. The concept of consent - what it is and what it isn't; Part II. Consent and the Law: 5. The legal regulation of consent; 6. Rationalising the law and ethics of consent; 7. Constructing consent - future regulation and the practice of healthcare; Summary and conclusion.