Medical law and ethics / Philip Howard, James Bogle.
Material type: TextSeries: Lecture notesPublication details: Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell, 2005.Description: viii, 204 p. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781405118682 (pbk.) :
- 1405118687 (alk. paper)
- Medical law and ethics [Portion of title]
- 344.410412 22
- R724 .H69 2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-192) and index.
Nature and sources of medical ethics -- Sources of medical law -- Consent to treatment -- Confidentiality -- Clinical negligence -- Mental health -- Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 -- The law in relation to abortion -- The ethics of abortion -- Reproductive technology and surrogacy -- The law in relation to end of life issues -- The ethics of end of life issues -- Research -- Maintaining standards and regulation -- Presenting evidence and reports -- The coroner's court -- The General Medical Council -- Employment and other rights of doctors.
Following the 'core curriculum' identified by the Consensus Group of Teachers of Medical Ethics and Law, this text explains the fundamentals of medical law that provides the framework of medical practice and discusses the ethics surrounding these issues.
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