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

Legal and Ethical Aspects of Healthcare

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 412g
• ISBN-13: 9780521734509
• ISBN-10: 0521734509
• Artikelnr.: 26104667

Inhaltsangabe

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.