Review from previous edition Winner of first prize in the Basis of Medicine category at the BMA Medical Book Awards 2019

Medical Law and Ethics covers the core legal principles, key cases, and statutes that govern medical law alongside the key ethical debates and dilemmas that exist in the field. Carefully constructed features highlight these debates, drawing out the European angles, religious beliefs, and feminist perspectives which influence legal regulations. Other features such as 'a shock to the system', 'public opinion' and 'reality check' introduce further socio-legal discussion and contribute to the lively and engaging manner in which the subject is approached. Digital formats and resources The ninth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources. · The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks · The online resources include: complete bibliography and list of further reading; links to key cases; a video from the author which introduces the book; links to key sites with information on medical law and ethics; and answer guidance to one question per chapter.
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Medical Law and Ethics covers the core legal principles, key cases, and statutes that govern medical law alongside the key ethical debates and dilemmas that exist in the field.
1: Ethics and medical law 2: The structure of the National Health Service and the rationing of healthcare resources 3: Medical negligence 4: Consent to treatment 5: Children and medicine 6: Mental health law 7: Confidentiality 8: Contraception, abortion, and pregnancy 9: Reproduction 10: Organ donation and the ownership of body parts 11: Dying and death
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Jonathan Herring is Professor of Law at Exeter College, University of Oxford. He is a widely published author across several disciplines, including criminal law, family law, and legal ethics.
A concise text providing discussion of the law and an overview of the ethical perspectives, ensuring that readers are able to fully understand the law and its context Jonathan Herring's lively and captivating writing style brings this highly topical aspect of law to life, while remaining closely tailored to course requirements, and as a result this book is the perfect study companion Carefully created features throughout the text draw attention to the many diverging opinions in medical law, including religious, feminist, and European perspectives, to ensure that readers develop a fully rounded appreciation of the complexities of the subject As the most regularly updated medical law text, you can be confident that the book takes account of the most recent developments in this extremely fast moving subject area Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780192856562
Publisert
2022
Utgave
9. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
1240 gr
Høyde
245 mm
Bredde
170 mm
Dybde
35 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
728

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

Jonathan Herring is Professor of Law at Exeter College, University of Oxford. He is a widely published author across several disciplines, including criminal law, family law, and legal ethics.