Great Debates in Medical Law and Ethics

ISBN-13: 9781352002287 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 275 str.

Imogen Goold; Jonathan Herring

Opis

'Great Debates in Medical Law and Ethics' is an engaging introduction to the fascinating debates surrounding medical law and ethics. Written for readers with a basic knowledge of the topic who wish to develop a deeper understanding of the theoretical issues involved and excel at the subject.

Spis treści

1. General Ethical Theories.- 2. Consent.- 3. Capacity.- 4. Medical Negligence.- 5. Reproduction.- 6. Abortion.- 7. Organ Donation.- 8. Selling and Owning Human Body Parts.- 9. Death.- 10. Ending Life.

O autorze

Imogen Goold is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Anne’s College, Oxford. She has previously held positions at the World Health Organisation and the Australian Law Reform Commission, where she worked on genetic information privacy and gene patenting inquiries. Her research interests include the regulation of reproductive medicine, property rights and human body parts, and the history of medicine in the 20^th century.

Jonathan Herring is a Professor of Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow in Law at Exeter College, Oxford. He is the author of a leading medical law textbook, Medical Law and Ethics. Among his recent and forthcoming titles are works on the law and older people, caring and the law, vulnerability, and childhood.