Alasdair MacleanAutonomy, Informed Consent and Medical Law
A Relational Challenge
Having qualified in medicine and worked clinically in both England and New Zealand, Alasdair Maclean studied law and became a lecturer in medical law at the University of Glasgow. He is now a senior lecturer at the University of Dundee.
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.
