Self-Determination in Health Care: A Property Approach to the Protection of Patients' Rights

ISBN-13: 9780367598846 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 304 str.

Leroy C. Edozien

Opis

This book proposes an alternative to the consent model which is currently at the heart of patient self-determination and which is shown here to have fundamental flaws that constrain its effectiveness. The proposed model is a property model in which the patient’s bodily integrity is protected from unauthorised invasion, and their legitimate expectat

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Self-determination in Health Care

O autorze

Leroy C. Edozien holds qualifications in the basic sciences, medicine and law from universities in Ibadan, London and Glasgow and is a member of postgraduate medical colleges in West Africa, Ireland and London. He is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre.