Medicine, patients and the law. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Authors: Brazier, Margaret; Cave, Emma, 1974-; Heywood, Rob
• Other Names: Brazier, Margaret
• Contents: Introduction; Part I Medicine, law and society; 1 Law and medicine: lessons from yesterday; 2 The practice of medicine today; 3 Doctors’ responsibilities: patient’s rights; 4 Medicine, moral dilemmas and the Law; 5 A relationship of trust and confidence; ; Part II Medical malpractice; 6 Agreeing to treatment; 7 Competence, consent and compulsion; 8 Clinical negligence; 9 Medical litigation; 10 The criminal process and medical malpractice; 11 Complaints and redress; 12 Medical products liability; ; Part III Matters of life and death; 13 Pregnancy; 14 Abortion; 15 Embryo research; 16 Developments in assisted conception; 17 Doctors and children; 18 Healthcare research; 19 Defining death; 20 Organ and tissue transplantation; 21 The human body and its parts; 22 End of life; Bibliography; Index
• Edition: Seventh edition
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (696 pages)
• Subjects: 344.42041; Medical laws and legislation -- England; Medical laws and legislation -- Wales; Medical ethics -- England; Medical ethics -- Wales
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781526157157; 9781526157188
• Related ISBNs: 9781526157164; 9781526157171
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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