Clayton Ó Néill

Religion, Medicine and the Law

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Is the legal protection that is given to the expression of Abrahamic religious belief adequate or appropriate in the context of English medical law? This book develops a framework to support judges in the resolution of contentious cases that involve dissension between religious belief and medical law.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780815359470
• ISBN-10: 0815359470
• Artikelnr.: 54746080

Autorenporträt

Clayton Ó Néill is a Lecturer in Law at Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, UK. He has recently co-edited a book, entitled Global Patient Safety Law Policy and Practice (Routledge).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Mode of Inquiry: An Indirect
Application of the Principle of Generic Consistency; Chapter 3: The
Religiously-Inspired Principle of Double Effect in English Medical Law;
Chapter 4: Adult Jehovah's Witnesses and Refusal of Blood Transfusions in
English Medical law; Chapter 5: Children, Jehovah's Witnesses and Refusal
of Blood Transfusions; Chapter 6: Ritual male circumcision and the
manifestation of religious belief in English Medical law; Chapter 7:
Illegal Circumcision: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM); Chapter 8: Is
Appropriate Protection given under English law to Conscientious Objection
to Abortion?; Chapter 9: Conclusion;