Legal and Ethical Aspects of Healthcare

ISBN-13: 9780521734509 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 268 str.

S. a. M. McLean; J. K. Mason

Opis

his book provides wide-ranging coverage of the most important ethical and moral issues that face healthcare professionals, lawyers and the general public alike.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Dedication; Preface; A note on abbreviations; 1. About medicine and the law; 2. Resources - who decides; 3. The confidential relationship; 4. The therapeutic partnership; 5. Refusal of consent; 6. Medical negligence; 7. Using people for research; 8. Assisted reproduction; 9. Genetics and pregnancy; 10. Termination of pregnancy; 11. Genetics, insurance and employment; 12. Is life worth living?; 13. Disposal of the body and body parts; 14. Sex, gender and the law; 15. Mental health and mental capacity; 16. The law and the elderly.