Medical and healthcare law Books

Book SynopsisThis comprehensive yet accessible resource provides readers with everything they need to know about intersex - people who are born with any range of sex characteristics that might not fit typical binary notions about male and female bodies. Covering a wide variety of topics in an easy-to-read way, the book explores what intersex is, what it is not, a detailed overview of its 40 or so different variations, historical and social aspects of intersex and medical intervention, along with practical, proven advice on how professionals can help and support intersex people.Written by an intersex man with over 65 years of first-hand experience, this book is an ideal introduction for any medical, health and social care professional or student, as well as family members and friends, seeking to improve their practice and knowledge.Trade ReviewI highly recommend this book; it has a lot of good information and a lot of great research has gone into it. It will be a wonderful addition for professionals in their work with intersex/non-binary individuals who seek help. -- Dana Zzyym, intersex activist and associate director of Intersex Campaign for EqualityWriting on variations in sex characteristics has been long dominated by medical lenses, which can often be dehumanising and even harmful. By contrast, Jay Kyle Petersen's book contributes a worthy new guide to the burgeoning field of Intersex Studies: positioning people who actually experience intersex variations - their experiences and self-determination - in the foreground. Peterson leads this book with personal experience before diving into definitions, variations and key controversies in Intersex Studies today. Information is provided for a range of professional engagements and letter templates are included. This will be a highly useful, valued guide for those seeking key information, from a critical perspective. -- Tiffany Jones, Macquarie University, author of Intersex: Stories and Statistics from AustraliaI recommend this very book to anyone who would like to learn more about supporting intersex individuals. It addresses topics not only for medical and mental health professionals, but also for parents, family members, social workers, and anyone in general who wishes to learn more. It includes a personal perspective, as well as diverse cultural information that offers unique insight into the lives of people who are diagnosed intersex. There are so many resources for further education too! Get your copy today! -- Amy D’Arpino, BSW, parent, social worker, cultural competency specialistIntersex is no longer a condition lurking as an obscure definition on the periphery of Medicine. As Jay Petersen's extensive work shows, it is a real part of everyday life for REAL PEOPLE. Our bodies can't help impacting how we interact with the world. They are the starting point for humans to learn what we must become in several aspects of our lives --emotional, psychological, social-- and Jay's book provides more than a quick introduction to Intersex. His work is thorough, thoughtful, and thought- provoking. He describes clinical aspects of Intersex, but also illuminates more personal nuances through individual accounts and examples. It is a "must read" for health care professionals. -- Clare McCarthy, MD, FACEPIf you think "hermaphrodite" is appropriate language, you need to read this book! If you know the correct word is "intersex," you still need to read this book! While designed to orient professional care givers in all matters intersex, A Comprehensive Guide to Intersex offers vital information for all of us. Violence has been perpetrated upon those with intersex markers for centuries. In more recent times, this violence has taken the form of selective infant cosmetic genital alteration leading to lives full of trauma and needless shame. It is time for us to understand and respect the natural variations in sex characteristics and stop diagnosing and "correcting" them. If you read only one book on intersex, make sure it's A Comprehensive Guide to Intersex by Jay Kyle Petersen. -- Sister Mary Deborah Giles, SND, LPCCJay Petersen has written an important simple, clear, and practical guide for the layperson and professional alike regarding the inborn biological condition called intersex. There is no better guide available for all members of society to accompany intersex persons in supporting their resilience, mental well-being, physical health, and spiritual journey across a wide range of cultures, groups and individuals. This book will help prevent mistakes that have caused so much pain, misunderstanding, and trauma to intersexed persons as they claim their gifts, unique perspectives on the human condition and equal rights in society. -- Rev. Thomas Picton, C.Ss.R., Pastoral Psychotherapist and Spiritual DirectorTable of ContentsDedicationForewordIntroductionIllustrations1. What is Intersex?2. Variations of Intersex3. How Professionals Can HelpResourcesAppendix 1. Indigenous and Non-Western NamesAppendix 2. A Global History of IntersexAppendix 3. Wallet Letter for PhysiciansAcknowledgmentsBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisEmbryo research, cloning, assisted conception, neonatal care, pandemic vaccine development, saviour siblings, organ transplants, drug trials – modern developments have transformed the field of medicine almost beyond recognition in recent decades and the law struggles to keep up.In this highly acclaimed and very accessible book Margaret Brazier, Emma Cave and Rob Heywood provide an incisive survey of the legal situation in areas as diverse as fertility treatment, patient consent, assisted dying, malpractice and medical privacy.The seventh edition of this book has been fully revised and updated to cover the latest cases, Brexit-related regulatory reform and COVID-19 pandemic measures.Essential reading for healthcare professionals, lecturers, medical and law students, this book is of relevance to all whose perusal of the daily news causes wonder, hope and consternation at the advances and limitations of medicine, patients and the law.Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I Medicine, law and society1 Law and medicine: lessons from yesterday2 The practice of medicine today3 Doctors’ responsibilities: patient’s rights4 Medicine, moral dilemmas and the Law5 A relationship of trust and confidencePart II Medical malpractice6 Agreeing to treatment7 Competence, consent and compulsion8 Clinical negligence9 Medical litigation10 The criminal process and medical malpractice11 Complaints and redress12 Medical products liabilityPart III Matters of life and death13 Pregnancy14 Abortion15 Embryo research16 Developments in assisted conception17 Doctors and children18 Healthcare research19 Defining death20 Organ and tissue transplantation21 The human body and its parts22 End of lifeBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking book highlights the increasing recognition of the prevalence of neurodisability within criminal justice systems, discussing conditions including intellectual, cognitive and behavioural impairments, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and traumatic and acquired brain injury. International scholars and practitioners demonstrate the extent and complexity of the neurodisability experience and present practical solutions for criminal justice reform.Examining the growing body of evidence which illustrates the significant over-representation of neurodisability amongst prison and juvenile justice populations, this critical book explores the challenges faced by people with a neurodisability who come into contact with the justice system. These challenges include: difficulty understanding interactions with police, navigating court processes, comprehending sentencing orders, and coping with prison and post-release life, which can lead to repeat victimisation and criminalisation. Overall, this book establishes that justice systems are often unable to meet the specific needs of people with a neurodisability and that there is a significant lack of appropriate support within the community aimed at prevention and diversion.Providing broad interdisciplinary insights, this timely book will prove a vital resource for scholars and students of criminal law, law and society, criminology, neuroscience and social work. It will also be of value to legal practitioners, law enforcement, prison employees and welfare professionals engaged with individuals with a neurodisability.Trade Review‘The overrepresentation of adults and children with neurodisability in our criminal justice systems is an issue that is both hidden and in plain sight. This book shines a light into all the crevices of this issue and points to pathways out of the darkness. It will resonate with anyone with professional involvement in the justice system.’ -- Dr Shelley Turner, Chief Social Worker, Forensicare, Australia‘Neurodisability may profoundly impact upon behaviour and cognition but remains invisible or misunderstood in many legal contexts. This volume is an essential resource for lawyers who represent people with neurodisability, advocates and judges. With rich, interdisciplinary research from international experts, the book addresses access to justice for people with conditions such as acquired brain injury, fetal alcohol syndrome and autism. The authors integrate recent insights on neurodisability with analysis of international legal developments to provide vital, concrete guidance for optimum advocacy. Many, many people and their advocates will benefit from this superb resource.’ -- Professor Kate Diesfeld JD, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand'Neurodisability and the Criminal Justice System is a worthwhile book that will be very helpful to those who are working in the court system with cases that involve these difficult issues. The chapter authors are first rate and diverse giving a global perspective. It is the first book that should be consulted on the subject.' -- Judge Eugene M. Hyman, Superior Court of California, US, RetiredTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xi PART I UNDERSTANDING AND RESPONDING TO NEURODISABILITY 1 Neurodisability and the criminal justice system: a problem in search of a solution 3 Gaye Lansdell, Bernadette Saunders, Anna Eriksson 2 Neurodisability: A criminal law doctrine that is not pure insanity 14 Amanda Pustilnik 3 A public law model for cognitive-communication risk 34 Joe Wszalek 4 Access to justice and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) – an Australian perspective 51 Penelope Weller PART II NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH NEURODISABILITY 5 Dismantling barriers to justice for children affected by neurodisability 73 Frances Sheahan, Nathan Hughes, Huw Williams, Prathiba Chitsabesan 6 Neurodisability and trauma in children and young people in contact with the law 92 Huw Williams, Leigh Schrieff, Nathan Hughes, James Tonks, Prathiba Chitsabesan, Hope Kent 7 Protecting vulnerable child defendants in England and Wales: a house of cards? 111 Shauneen Lambe and Kathryn Hollingsworth 8 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and the criminal justice system 136 Hayley Passmore and Sharynne Hamilton PART III RESPONSES TO NEURODISABILITY WITHIN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM 9 What do lawyers really know about neurodisability? Confusion, obfuscation and dereliction of duty 154 Gaye Lansdell, Bernadette Saunders, Anna Eriksson, Rebecca Bunn 10 Towards dignity: better court pathways for people with lived experience of acquired brain injury 177 Magistrate Pauline Spencer 11 Neurodisability and the ‘revolving’ prison door: an international problem viewed through an Australian lens 196 Anna Eriksson, Bernadette Saunders, Gaye Lansdell 12 An interdisciplinary call for action 214 Bernadette Saunders, Anna Eriksson, Gaye Lansdell Index

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Book SynopsisThe definitive guide to the legal and ethical issues around medical and surgical practice. It is written with the busy clinician in mind who requires the key information presented without technical jargon in a handy quick-reference style.Trade Reviewthis book makes an impressive contribution to medical education ... it is easy to read and understand and highly relevant to modern clinical practice * Dr Harry Brown, Glycosmedia *"...such an interesting and useful handbook of medical ethics and law - straightforwardly written and helpfully combining ethical and legal reasoning with advice and at least some legal obligations for clinicians practising under English law - analysis and advice worth considering even by doctors practising elsewhere" * Raanan Gillon, Emeritus Professor of Medical Ethics, Imperial College London; Past President, British Medical Association; Honorary President, Institute of Medical Ethics; Former Editor, Journal of Medical Ethics *Table of ContentsPart 1: Ethics 1: Introduction to Ethics 2: The Virtuous Doctor 3: Consequentialism 4: Deontology 5: The Four Principles 6: Care Ethics 7: Moral Relativism and Subjectivism 8: Critical Reasoning Part 2: Law 9: Introduction to the Legal System 10: Key Articles of Law 11: Court 12: Law within Medical Practice 13: Negligence 14: Other Issues of Liability Part 3: Generic legal and ethical issues 15: Resource allocation 16: Candour and Confidentiality 17: Issues in the Doctor-Patient Relationship 18: Issues in Death and Dying 19: Doctors and the General Medical Council ('GMC') 20: Medical Research 21: Medical Education Part 4: Ethico-legal issues by medical specialism 22: Ethico-legal issues by medical specialism A-M 23: Ethico-legal issues by medical specialism N-V Part 5: Statutory Provisions 24: Abortion Act 1967 25: Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 26: Gender Recognition Act 2004 27: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 28: Human Rights Act 1998 (European Convention on Human Rights) 29: Human Tissue Act 2004 30: Mental Capacity Act 2005 31: Mental Health Act 1983 32: Suicide Act 1961 33: Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985

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Book SynopsisMedical Law: Text, Cases, and Materials offers all of the explanation, commentary, and extracts from cases and key materials that students need to gain a thorough understanding of this complex topic.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition This is the best text, cases and materials book on medical law around. It explains the law and ethical literature in an accessible manner while still being thorough. I cannot recommend it highly enough. * Dr Craig Purshouse, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Liverpool *The seminal textbook for teaching any aspect of medical law...clearly written with a real depth of accessible analysis and a wealth of resources. * Caroline Chappell, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Chester *This has been my go-to medical law book for as long as I can remember. It combines comprehensive coverage of medical law issues and a wonderfully engaging writing style. The chapters are really well structured and the choice of a diverse range of extracts ensures that the book covers so much ground and incorporates many different viewpoints. But importantly, the author's confident voice accompanies the reader throughout the book and makes for a comfortable and enriching learning experience. * Dr Oliver Quick, Reader in Law, University of Bristol *Table of Contents1: An introduction to bioethics 2: The provision of health care services: the NHS, resource allocation, and public health 3: Medical malpractice 4: Informed consent 5: Incapacity I: Adults 6: Incapacity II: Children 7: Mental health law 8: Confidentiality 9: Genetic information 10: Clinical research 11: The regulation of medicines 12: Organ transplantation 13: Embryo research, stem cells, and emerging biotechnologies 14: Abortion 15: Assisted conception 16: Surrogacy 17: Assisted dying

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Book SynopsisMedical 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.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition Winner of first prize in the Basis of Medicine category at the BMA Medical Book Awards 2019Table of Contents1: 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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Book SynopsisTrusted for over 40 years for its authoritative account of medical law, this text provides the right balance between in-depth legal coverage and analysis of ethical issues.This classic textbook focuses on medical law and its relationship with medical practice and modern ethics. It provides thorough coverage of all topics found on medical law courses, and in-depth analysis of recent court decisions and legislation, encouraging students to think critically about this area of study. - Covers the whole field of modern ethical medical practice, making the book suitable for use on all undergraduate and postgraduate medical law courses- Clearly sets a diversity of views in ethical debates, and offers the authors'' own perspectives, encouraging students to explore and form their own opinions- Takes account of the influence of international policy and legal developments in shaping medical law in the UKNew to this edition: Two brand new chapters introduce students to concepts, theories, and toolTrade ReviewReview from previous edition This is the gold standard: authoritative, comprehensive, and the most readable account of a challenging subject. * Sarah Sivers, Robert Gordon University *This is the leading treatise in medical law: it preserves Mason and McCall Smith's ground-breaking work and distinct approach, while covering an impressive breadth of material. * Katherine Wade, University of Leicester *Table of Contents1: Introduction to bioethics 2: Critical frameworks in bioethics 3: Governance of the health system 4: Health and social care professionals 5: Health resource allocation 6: Health research and innovation 7: Public health 8: Consent to medical treatment 9: Children and consent to medical treatment 10: Mental health 11: Medical confidentiality and data protection 12: Clinical negligence 13: Organ donation for transplantation 14: The body as property 15: Contraception and pregnancy 16: Assisted conception 17: Withdrawal and withholding of medical treatment 18: Euthanasia and assisted suicide

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Book SynopsisPublic Health Law in Practice offers an accessible deep dive into public health law for public health students and practitioners with or without a legal background. It provides a detailed overview of the American legal system with clear explanation of the government''s abilities and limitations to promote public health through policies and programs. Chapters further describe the influence of law by subject, with excerpts from real legal cases across topical areas like tobacco, firearms, reproductive health, and nutrition policies. The volume concludes with practical strategies for legislation drafting and coalition building with government and community groups.Enriched with insights into the inner workings of public health departments, Public Health Law in Practice is the crucial public health law textbook that prepares public health students for work in the field of public health outside the classroom.Table of ContentsPreface Section I - Government Authority and Limits on Authority Chapter 1: United States Government Structure and Background for Public Health Law Chapter 2: Authorities, Sources of Law Case 2.1: Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. Sebelius Case 2.2: National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor Case 2.3: Jacobson v. Massachusetts Chapter 3: Constitutional Limitations on the Authority of Government to Protect Health Case 3.1: Camara v. Municipal Court of San Francisco Case 3.2: Los Angeles v. Patel Case 3.3: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Org Chapter 4: The First Amendment Case 4.1: Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly (speech only) Case 4.2: National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra Case 4.3: Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo Case 4.4: In re E.G. Section II - Public Health Agencies and Their Responsibilities Chapter 5: Health Departments Case 5.1: Boreali v. Axelrod Case 5.2: New York Statewide Coalition of Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, et alia, v. New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Chapter 6: Data Collection; Confidentiality Case 6.1: Whalen v. Roe Case 6.2: Miguel M. v. Barron Chapter 7: Environmental Law Case 7.1: Pelaez v Seide Chapter 8: Infectious Disease: Disease Control Case 8.1: Hickox v. Christie Chapter 9: Public Processes Section III - Topics in Public Health Law Chapter 10 Tobacco Case 10.1: Food and Drug Administration, et al., Petitioners, v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, et al. Case 10.2: Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly (preemption only) Chapter 11: Cannabis Case 11.1: Conant v. Walters Chapter 12: Opioids Case 12.1: United States v. Safehouse Chapter 13: Alcohol Chapter 14: Food and Nutrition Case 14.1: Nakia Williams v. Gerber Products Company Chapter 15: Firearms Case 15.1: District of Columbia v. Heller Case 15.2: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc., et al, v. Bruen, Superintendent of New York State Police, et al. Chapter 16: Sexual Health and the Law Chapter 17: Public Health Policymaking

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive and accessible overview of the law regarding medical negligence in India under the Consumer Protection Act, the law of torts, as well as the Penal Code. It analyses all major cases to date, and also discusses medicine and ethics, the duties of doctors, defences available to doctors, potential areas of litigation, and the significance of 'consent' of patients, as well as ways of preventing litigation.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Cause and Effect of Doctor Patient Conflict 3: Rights and Responsibilities of Patient 4: Medical Negligence and Civil laws 5: Doctor Patient Relationship and Informed Consent 6: Compensation Based on Law of Torts 7: Consumer Protection Act and Medical Profession: Selected Provisions of the Act 8: Procedure Adopted by Consumer Forum for Medical Negligence Case: Rules and Regulations 9: Defence of the Doctor 10: Liability of Medical Professionals under Criminal law 11: Prevention of Malpractice Litigation 12: Malpractice Litigation in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 13: Litigation in Surgery 14: Litigation in Anaesthesia 15: Medical negligence in Medicine 16: Litigation in Miscellaneous Disciplines of Medical Science Appendix: Statistics and Studies on Medical Services and Malpractice Suits

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Book SynopsisMedical Law Concentrate is written and designed to help you succeed. Accurate and reliable, Concentrate guides go above and beyond, not only consolidating your learning but focusing your revision and maximising your potential.

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Book SynopsisMedical Law and Ethics covers the core legal principles, key cases, and statutes that govern medical law alongside the key ethical debatesand dilemmas that exist in the field.Carefully constructed features highlight these debates, drawing out the European angles, religious beliefs, and feminist perspectives whichinfluence legal regulations. Other features such as ''a shock to the system'', ''public opinion'' and ''reality check'' introduce further socio-legaldiscussion and contribute to the lively and engaging manner in which the subject is approached.Digital formatsThe tenth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats. www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks Lively and student-friendly discussion of the law presented alongside a range of ethical perspectives.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.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 contextJonathan Herring''s lively and captivating writing style brings this highly topical aspect of law to life, while remaining closelytailored to course requirements, and as a result this book is the perfect study companionCarefully 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 subjectNew coverage of the assisted Dying Bill 2024Developments in the law on trans/gender questioning youthExtended discussion on disability and abortionDiscussion of the developing law on medical negligenceUpdated content on the ethical and legal implications of the use of AI in the medical fieldNew coverage of the Mental Health Bill introduced to parliament in 2024

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Book SynopsisThe Law and Ethics of Medicine: Essays on the Inviolability of Human Life explains the principle of the inviolability of human life and its continuing relevance to English law governing aspects of medical practice at the beginning and end of life.The book shows that the principle, though widely recognized as an historic and foundational principle of the common law, has been misunderstood in the legal academy, at the Bar and on the Bench. Part I of the book identifies the confusion and clarifies the principle, distinguishing it from ''vitalism'' on the one hand and a ''qualitative'' evaluation of human life on the other. Part II addresses legal aspects of the beginning of life, including the history of the law against abortion and its relevance to the ongoing abortion debate in the US; the law relating to the ''morning after'' pill; and the legal status of the human embryo in vitro. Part III addresses legal aspects of the end of life, including the euthanasia debate; the withdrawal of tube-feeding from patients in a ''persistent vegetative state''; and the duty to provide palliative treatment.This unique collection of essays offers a much-needed clarification of a cardinal legal and ethical principle and should be of interest to lawyers, bioethicists, and healthcare professionals (whether they subscribe to the principle or not) in all common law jurisdictions and beyond.Trade ReviewJohn Keowns excellent book The Law and Ethics of Medicine is primarily the work of a lawyer and is written with lawyers and judges in mind; yet few books on the law of medicine are as conversant in important topics of contemporary ethics, especially questions of double effect, the nature of the human act, and the value of human life. * Christopher Tolle fsen, Journal of Moral Philosophy *If you only have one book on your shelf about medical law, this should be it. * Christopher Kaczor, The Public Discourse *[Keown's] attention to detail and clarity of thought are admirable, but he writes in a moderate and reasoned tone and in a manner easily understood whether you are a health care professional, lawyer, politician or just an interested member of the public. The Law and Ethics of Medicine is no exception and is recommended to anyone involved in the discussions about physician-assisted death and perhaps to those thinking about better strategies for advancing palliative care. * Roger Woodruff, IAHPC News *This recent volume by John Keown is a bijou of consistency and rationality. Based on the study of numerous legal documents and cases, it fuses passion with rigor, depth with simplicity, complexity with clarity....Keown offers to his readers an excellent tool and resource to think in-depth about one of th emost significant issues of nowadays: the value of human life. * Marina Casini, Medicine, Health Care & Philosophy *[A] helpful resource. The Law and Ethics of Medicine... is not designed primarily to persuade, but rather to clarify. Keown's project is to clear away obstructions that have gathered around the keystone principle of the inviolability of human life, so that the thing itself comes into view. In this, Keown succeeds. * Adam J MacLeod, Adelaide Law Review *Table of ContentsPART I: (MIS)UNDERSTANDING THE INVIOLABILITY OF LIFE ; 1. The 'Sanctity of Life', 'Best Interests', and 'Autonomy': An Overview ; 2. Surveying the Foundations of Medical Law: A Reassessment of Glanville Williams's The Sanctity of Life and the Criminal Law ; 3. Sir Ian Kennedy and the Value of Life: Building on Glanville Williams's Shaky Foundations? ; 4. Restoring the Inviolability of Life and Replacing the Caricature ; PART II: THE BEGINNING OF LIFE ; 5. Back to the Future of Abortion Law: Roe's Rejection of America's History and Legal Traditions ; 6. 'Morning After' Pills, 'Miscarriage', and Muddle ; 7. The Scope of the Offense of Child Destruction ; 8. The Human Embryo In Vitro: Person, Chattel or Dolphin? ; PART III: THE END(ING) OF LIFE ; 9. The Euthanasia Debate in the House of Lords ; 10. Towards Euthanasia in Europe? Marty, Pretty, and Purdy ; 11. Palliative Care: An Ethical and Legal Duty? ; 12. Restoring Moral and Intellectual Shape to the Law after Bland

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Book SynopsisMedical law is concerned with our bodies, and what happens to them during and after our lives. When things go wrong with our bodies, we want to know what our rights are, and what governs the conduct of the clinicians into whose hands we put our lives and limbs. Dealing with matters of life and death, it can therefore have a fundamental impact on medical practice. Headlines in the media often involve the core issues of medical law - organ transplantation, abortion, withdrawal of treatment, euthanasia, confidentiality, research on humans - these are topics that affect us all. Headlines can misrepresent, however. In order to fully understand the issues and their relevance, we have to delve into the cases and into the principles behind them. In this highly readable Very Short Introduction, Charles Foster explores different examples to illustrate the key problems and principles of medical law. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade Reviewcolourful and engaging * Medical Law Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ; 1. Origins and legacies ; 2. The enforcement of medical law ; 3. Before birth ; 4. Confidentiality and privacy ; 5. Consent ; 6. Clinical negligence ; 7. Research on human subjects ; 8. Resource allocation ; 9. The end of life ; 10. Organ donation and the ownership of body parts ; 11. The future of medical law ; References: Cases discussed ; Further reading

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Book SynopsisAnalyzes how life-and-death decision makers are selected, the interventions they weigh in on, the information they seek and evaluate, the values and memories they draw on, the criteria they weigh, the outcomes they choose, the conflicts they become embroiled in, and the challenges they face.

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Book SynopsisRemedicalizing Cannabis discovers the historical ins and outs of cannabis as a botanical product with medical applications. Addressing questions about patient access, the effectiveness of international drug control systems, and the role of expert advice, it reveals how we have arrived at the current classification of cannabis as a medical product.Trade Review"A thorough historical account of the modern cannabis debate, showing how international treaties and laws can blur the lines, resulting in cannabis being classed as both an illicit drug and a licit medicine." Greenslensblog.com

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Book SynopsisKatherine Fierlbeck and Gregory Marchildon examine public health services and coverage in Canada that predate or have developed in parallel to the Canada Health Act. Explaining their logic, operation, and internal political tensions, The Boundaries of Medicare sheds light on the challenges and opportunities facing Medicare in Canada today.Trade Review“Thoroughly exploring the complicated landscape of medical services in Canada, Fierlbeck and Marchildon offer an extremely well-researched, clear, and useful resource to health and medicine scholars and professionals. The Boundaries of Medicare is an enjoyable and unique read.” Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph and author of The Smile Gap: A History of Oral Health and Social Inequality“An indispensable resource for policy experts, politicians, scholars, educators, and Canadians who want to know more about Medicare, the CHA, and these other systems that provide health-care coverage to Canadians. By focusing on these Medicare-straddling health services, this book invites Canadians to consider how future health-care reforms will affect certain population groups and to envision better ways of extending coverage to everyone who lives and works within Canada’s borders.” H-Sci-Med-Tech"This descriptive work presents an analysis that can be useful to health planners and related professionals, ... . Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals." Choice

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Book SynopsisKatherine Fierlbeck and Gregory Marchildon examine public health services and coverage in Canada that predate or have developed in parallel to the Canada Health Act. Explaining their logic, operation, and internal political tensions, The Boundaries of Medicare sheds light on the challenges and opportunities facing Medicare in Canada today.Trade Review“Thoroughly exploring the complicated landscape of medical services in Canada, Fierlbeck and Marchildon offer an extremely well-researched, clear, and useful resource to health and medicine scholars and professionals. The Boundaries of Medicare is an enjoyable and unique read.” Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph and author of The Smile Gap: A History of Oral Health and Social Inequality“An indispensable resource for policy experts, politicians, scholars, educators, and Canadians who want to know more about Medicare, the CHA, and these other systems that provide health-care coverage to Canadians. By focusing on these Medicare-straddling health services, this book invites Canadians to consider how future health-care reforms will affect certain population groups and to envision better ways of extending coverage to everyone who lives and works within Canada’s borders.” H-Sci-Med-Tech"This descriptive work presents an analysis that can be useful to health planners and related professionals, ... . Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals." Choice

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Book SynopsisExploring the history of eugenics in the U.S.Trade ReviewAs a nation with lofty ambitions, the United States has had a mixed relationship with eugenics. The first country to prohibit procreation by criminals and 'idiots' — in the state of Indiana in 1907 — today it embraces the Human Genome Project and the possibility of genetic enhancement. Law professor Paul Lombardo examines US legislation and attitudes to human selection in the past century, and the likelihood of such pressures arising again in modern genetics. * Nature *Valuable and welcome . . . * BULLETIN HISTORY OF MEDICINE *[T]here are indeed valuable lessons to be learnt from . . . this book; the editor was probably wise to confine its scope to the narrower brief of American compulsory sterilisation . . . .Nov. 2011 * Human Genetics *Valuable and welcome . . .Vol. 85.4 Winter 2011 * BULLETIN HISTORY OF MEDICINE *A noted historian of the eugenics movement, editor Lombardo has divided this book into essays . . . The final two essays are perhaps the most important, as they look at the implications for contemporary medicine and law regarding the renewed interest in 'better breeding' as a result of the Human Genome Project. . . . Recommended.October 2011 * Choice *Paul Lombardo has assembled a compelling argument for close monitoring of modern genetic policies in the Human Genome Era . . . It is essential reading. April 20, 2011 * The Internet Review of Books *Table of ContentsContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Looking Back at Eugenics / Paul A. LombardoPart 1. The Indiana Origins of Eugenic Sterilization 1. The Hoosier Connection: Compulsory Sterilization as Moral Hygiene / Elof Axel Carlson 2. The Indiana Way of Eugenics: Sterilization Laws, 1907–74 / Jason S. LantzerPart 2. Eugenics and Popular Culture 3. From Better Babies to the Bunglers: Eugenics on Tobacco Road / Paul A. Lombardo 4. "Quality, Not Mere Quantity, Counts": Black Eugenics and the NAACP Baby Contests / Gregory Michael Dorr and Angela LoganPart 3. State Studies of Eugenic Sterilization 5. From Legislation to Lived Experience: Eugenic Sterilization in California and Indiana, 1907–79 / Alexandra Minna Stern 6. Eugenics and Social Welfare in New Deal Minnesota / Molly Ladd-Taylor 7. Reassessing Eugenic Sterilization: The Case of North Carolina / Johanna Schoen 8. Protection or Control? Women's Health, Sterilization Abuse, and Relf v. Weinberger / Gregory Michael DorrPart 4. Eugenics in the Human Genome Era 9. Are We Entering a "Perfect Storm" for a Resurgence of Eugenics? Science, Medicine, and Their Social Context / Linda L. McCabe and Edward R. B. McCabe 10. Modern Eugenics and the Law / Maxwell J. MehlmanList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisHow the FDA was shaped by public health crises and patient advocacy, told against a background of the contentious hearings on the breast cancer drug Avastin.Food and Drug Administration approval for COVID-19 vaccines and the controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm made headlines, but few of us know much about how the agency does its work. Why is the FDA the ultimate US authority on a drug’s safety and efficacy? In Drugs and the FDA, Mikkael Sekeres—a leading oncologist and former chair of the FDA’s cancer drug advisory committee—tells the story of how the FDA became the most trusted regulatory agency in the world. It took a series of tragedies and health crises, as well as patient advocacy, for the government to take responsibility for ensuring the efficacy and safety of drugs and medical devices.  Before the FDA existed, drug makers could hawk any potion, claim treatment of any ailment, and make any promise on a labe

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Book SynopsisHow the FDA was shaped by public health crises and patient advocacy, told against a background of the contentious hearings on the breast cancer drug Avastin.Food and Drug Administration approval for COVID-19 vaccines and the controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm made headlines, but few of us know much about how the agency does its work. Why is the FDA the ultimate US authority on a drug’s safety and efficacy? In Drugs and the FDA, Mikkael Sekeres—a leading oncologist and former chair of the FDA’s cancer drug advisory committee—tells the story of how the FDA became the most trusted regulatory agency in the world. It took a series of tragedies and health crises, as well as patient advocacy, for the government to take responsibility for ensuring the efficacy and safety of drugs and medical devices. Before the FDA existed, drug makers could hawk any potion, claim treatment of any ailment, and make any promise on a label. But

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Book SynopsisAbortion in Latin America and the Caribbean is the first major book to analyze the abortion laws of the Latin American and Caribbean nations that are parties to the American Convention on Human Rights. Making use of a broad range of materials relating to human rights and abortion law not yet available in English, the first part of this book analyzes how Inter-American human rights bodies have interpreted the American Convention's prenatal right to life. The second part examines Article 4(1) of the American Convention, comparing and analyzing the laws regarding prenatal rights and abortion in all twenty-three nations that are parties to this treaty. Castaldi questions how Inter-American human rights bodies currently interpret Article 4(1). Against the predominant view, she argues that the purpose of this treaty is to grant legal protection of the unborn child from elective abortion that is broad and general, not merely exceptional.Abortion in Latin America and the CaTrade Review“There is no other academic work that I know of, in any language, that gathers together the wealth of information presented here. Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean will be useful to any scholar interested in the law and politics of abortion and related controversies in this hemisphere.” —Paolo Carozza, author of Italian Constitutional Justice in Global Context

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Book SynopsisAn essential textbook for students and researchers of medical law, this comprehensive guide covers all major topics, combining legal analysis with moral theory to provide an authoritative and accessible exploration of medical law and ethics.

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Book SynopsisOriginal and interdisciplinary, this is the first book to explore the relationship between a neoliberal mode of governance and the so-called genetic revolution.Looking at the knowledge-power relations in the post-genomic era and addressing the pressing issues of genetic privacy and discrimination in the context of neoliberal governance, this book demonstrates and explains the mechanisms of mutual production between biotechnology and cultural, political, economic and legal frameworks.In the first part Antoinette Rouvroy explores the social, political and economic conditions and consequences of this new âperceptual regimeâ. In the second she pursues her analysis through a consideration of the impact of âgeneticizationâ on political support of the welfare state and on the operation of private health and life insurances. Genetics and neoliberalism, she argues, are complicit in fostering the belief that social and economic patterns have a fixed nature beyond the reach of democratic deliberation, whilst the characteristics of individuals are unusually plastic, and within the scope of individual choice and responsibility.This book will be of interest to all students of law, sociology and politics. Trade Review"After reading Human Genes and Neoliberal Governance one cannot but be impressed by Rouvroy’s tour de force on the intricacies of genetic sciences discourse. The work of deconstruction on the rhetoric of truth production revolving around genetics that the author sets up is impressive both for the range of the analysis and for the variety of theoretical instruments used in the investigation." - Jacopo Martire, Kings College London, Kings Law Journal, 21.1, 2010Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: The Production of Genetic Knowledge and the Rise of Genetics as New Perceptual Regime 1. The Production of Genetic Knowledge 2. Scientific and Economic Strength of Genetic Reductionism 3. Policy Implications: Discourses of Genetic Enlightenment as New Disciplinary Devices 4. Genetic Conceptualisations of ‘Normality’ and the Idea of Genetic Justice 5. Beyond Genetic Universality and Authenticity, the Lure of the ‘Genetic Underclass’ Part 2: The Socio-Economic Life of Genes - Genetic Risks and Insurance 6. Commonalties and Variations in Regulation of Genetic Information Flows 7. Previews of the Future as Background 8. Economic and Actuarial Perspectives on Genetics and Insurance 9. Practical and Normative Arguments Against ‘Genetic Exceptionalist’ Legislation 10. The Changing Social Role of Private Insurance: ‘Risk’ as a New Representational Regime. Conclusions. References

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Book SynopsisNursing Law and Ethics explores a variety of key legal and ethical issues in nursing practice using a thought-provoking and holistic approach. It addresses both what the law requires and what is right, and explores whether these two are always the same. The book provides an overview of the legal, ethical and professional dimensions of nursing, followed by exploration of key issues in greater depth. This edition features updated legislation and new material on patient safety. Key topics are accompanied by both a legal and an ethical perspective, covering both law and ethics Case examples throughout place concepts in a real-life context Written by experts in the field and includes contributions from leading nurses, lawyers and ethicists Accessible, relevant, and comprehensive, this title is ideal for pre- and post-registration nurses.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii Preface to the Fourth Edition ix Preface to the Third Edition xi Preface to the Second Edition xiii Preface to the First Edition xiv Part One: The Dimensions 1 1 The Legal Dimension: Legal System and Method 3 John Hodgson 2 The Ethical Dimension: Nursing Practice, Nursing Philosophy and Nursing Ethics 22 Alan Cribb 3 The Regulatory Perspective: Professional Regulation of Nurses and Midwives 34 Fiona Culley and Anupama Thompson 4 The Complaints Dimension: Patient and Family Complaints in Health Care 51 Peter Walsh 5 The Policy Dimension: Moving Beyond the Rhetoric Towards a Safer NHS 68 John Tingle Part Two: The Perspectives 99 6 Negligence A The Legal Perspective 101 Charles Foster B An Ethical Perspective – Negligence and Moral Obligations 118 Harry Lesser 7 Consent and the Capable Adult Patient A The Legal Perspective 128 Jean McHale B An Ethical Perspective – Consent and Patient Autonomy 151 Bobbie Farsides 8 Responsibility, Liability and Scarce Resources A The Legal Perspective 166 Tracey Elliott B An Ethical Perspective – How to Do the Right Thing 192 David Seedhouse 9 Mental Health Nursing A The Legal Perspective 201 Leon McRae B An Ethical Perspective – Compulsion and Autonomy 235 Harry Lesser 10 The Critically Ill Patient A The Legal Perspective 249 Jo Samanta B An Ethical Perspective 271 Robert Campbell 11 Clinical Governance A The Legal Perspective 286 Vanessa L. Mayatt B An Ethical Perspective 304 Lucy Frith 12 Clinical Research and Patients A The Legal Perspective 320 Natasha Hammond-Browning B An Ethical Perspective – Nursing Research 358 Richard Ashcroft 13 The Elderly A Older People and Nursing Care 368 Jonathan Herring B Person-Centred Care, Personal Identity and the Interests of People with Dementia 394 Michael Dunn Table of Cases 401 Table of Statutes 410 Index 413

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Book SynopsisHow the legalization of assisted dying is changing our lives. Over the past five years, medical aid-in-dying (also known as assisted suicide) has expanded rapidly in the United States and is now legally available to one in five Americans. This growing social and political movement heralds the possibility of a new era of choice in dying. Yet very little is publicly known about how medical aid-in-dying laws affect ordinary citizens once they are put into practice. Sociological studies of new health policies have repeatedly demonstrated that the realities often fall short of advocacy visions, raising questions about how much choice and control aid-in-dying actually affords. Scripting Death chronicles two years of ethnographic research documenting the implementation of Vermont's 2013 Patient Choice and Control at End of Life Act. Author Mara Buchbinder weaves together stories collected from patients, caregivers, health care providers, activists, and legislators to illustrate how theyTrade Review"A beautifully written, thought-provoking ethnography that traces how patients, family caregivers, health care providers, activists, and legislators navigate this new world in which MAID is a legal option. . . . This book is essential reading for courses on death and dying, health care, and bioethics and will be eye-opening for those caring for terminally ill loved ones or grappling with their own life-or-death decisions. . . . Highly recommended." * CHOICE *“Buchbinder offers a compelling introduction to the complexity and inconsistency of ethical stances around life and death decision-making. In addition, she calls attention to the danger of reducing the forms of personhood and sociality produced through impending death to individual autonomy. And she shows the heart-wrenching consequences of unequal access to information and care in the United States. Scripting Death is a wonderful introduction to a pressing social issue.” * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *“​"Buchbinder’s work is the latest of several highly accessible health related ethnographies that represent a resurgence of anthropology in which real people talk rather than ‘discourse,’ questions are asked rather than ‘interrogated,’ and the term ‘reinscribe’ does not appear. A welcome development." * The Hastings Center Report *"Scripting Death provides a rich collection of Vermont stories about the challenges of organizing medical aid in dying, which serve as a microcosm of the broader problems faced by Americans in gaining access to health care." * Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Scripting Choice into Law 2. Making Death 3. Starting the Conversation 4. Reconciling Assistance with the Physician's Professional Role 5. Access and the Power to Choose 6. Choreographing Death Conclusion Coda Acknowledgments Appendix: About the Research Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisAre you alive? Most people believe that some law defines our status as living (or not) for all purposes. But Foley shows that “not being dead” isn’t necessarily the same as being alive, in the eyes of the law. The need for more organ transplants and conservation of health care resources is exerting pressure to expand the legal definition of death.Trade ReviewFoley’s book is essentially a primer or textbook on these legal issues of life and death, suitable for ethicists interested in learning about the law and for lawyers interested in learning about ethics… Foley ably lays out the moral arguments and legal disputes, and persuasively criticizes poorly reasoned judicial opinions. -- Eric Posner * New Republic online *Foley presents a profoundly intelligent, distinctive, and disturbing book. In seven short chapters, she dissects the legality behind what makes a person alive or dead… This work will be appreciated by legislators, serious readers, and legal and medical professionals. -- Harry Charles * Library Journal *Elizabeth Price Foley takes us on an agile and insightful romp through the briar patch of state and federal laws governing medical practice at the beginning and end of life. American politics is mired in legal debates over the limits of life and death practices, including embryo research, abortion, transplantation, treatment termination, suicide, and, most recently, ‘death panels.’ The Law of Life and Death deserves close attention from anyone trying to understand why lawyers have more influence than physicians on birth and death. -- George J. Annas, author of Worst Case Bioethics

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Book SynopsisDemocrats and Republicans fight endlessly over health care, but neither side disputes one of the system’s most basic flaws: the foisting on patients of substantial costs through deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance. Marshalling a decade of research, Christopher Robertson shows why this model is dysfunctional and offers ideas for improvement.Trade ReviewRead this important and timely book. Then send it to every politician and health policy wonk you know. Your financial solvency and health depend on their learning what this book teaches. -- Arthur L. Caplan, NYU Langone Medical CenterA masterful forensic dissection of the self-imposed plague of health care financing, and options for potential cures. A must-read for all health care students, leaders, and elected officials. -- Richard Carmona, 17th Surgeon General of the United StatesIn this sweeping and superb book, Robertson exposes the dark side of an appealing American narrative: that giving insured patients ‘cost-sharing’ responsibilities is good for us all. Exposed reveals that doing so creates problems much bigger than the one it aims to solve. -- Michelle M. Mello, Stanford Law SchoolExposed forcefully and persuasively demolishes the shibboleth that the so-called ‘cost-share’ elements of insurance in the U.S. cut costs and improve healthcare decisions and outcomes. A must-read for anyone interested in making sense of the morass of U.S. healthcare. -- George Loewenstein, Carnegie Mellon UniversityA powerful argument against patient cost-sharing. Through extensive data, international experiences, and a deep dive into theory and philosophy, Exposed convincingly demonstrates that charging sick people is not only a blatantly unfair practice, but one that also has little financial benefit and risks further health impairment. -- Thomas Rice, UCLA Fielding School of Public HealthAn important addition to a debate that is sure to be front and center in the 2020 elections. -- Glenn Altschuler * Florida Courier *Compassionate, timely, content heavy, and incredibly well written…After reading it, one hopes that Robertson, one of the true expert voices in health law and policy, continues engineering creative ideas for years and years to come. -- Isaac D. Buck * Journal of Legal Medicine *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2018 Don K. Price Award, Science, Technology & Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association""Winner of the 2018 Louis Brownlow Book Award, National Academy of Public Administration"

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction to the Law - background to the Law, how it has evolved, the current UK legal framework Professionalism - fundamental concept crucial to the protection of the public and individual patients, particularly when they are vulnerable children or adults. It is essential that nurses understand professionalism in the context of the law, standards and boundaries. This chapter explains how nurses are accountable and answerable for their actions by elements of criminal, civil and contract law. Professional regulation is then discussed in the context of protecting the public from nurses whose fitness to practice is called into question. Equality and Human Rights - understanding the rights, dignity and freedoms of others and recognize the health needs of the diverse cultures that make up population in the West. Explains how the law promotes equality and human rights in the health service and explains how nurses must not discriminate on the grounds of race or disability. Consent to treatment - nursing care may be delivered in an intimate 'hands on' way and nurses need to understand the need for real consent within this context. The chapter also discusses how the Mental Capacity Act protects vulnerable adults and young persons by regulating how decisions can be made on their behalf. The chapter looks at when it is lawful to withhold treatment and the duty to provide end of life care. Mental health - the position of the patient with mental health problems is now regulated by a number of laws that seek to protect vulnerable children and adults. All branches of nursing need to understand and know how to apply this legislation. Vulnerable adults - how to identify vulnerable adults or children and take action if you think they are being abused or exploited. Consent and children - explains the differing requirements as the child passes through different developmental stages into adulthood. Safeguarding children - nurses have a role in the identification of children who are being abused or who are at risk of abuse. This chapter looks at the Children's Act 1989 and 2004 and explains when to refer a 'child in need'. Record Keeping - this chapter explains how records are kept to show that nurses have discharged their legal and professional duties. Confidentiality - while confidentiality is a key part of professional conduct it is not absolute. This chapter will explain when the duty of confidentiality can be overidden and information disclosed properly to another. Social media is included in this chapter. Health and Safety - the HSAWA 1974 is clearly explained in the context of keeping both staff, patients and the public safe. Table of Cases/Tables of Statutes and Statutory Instruments Introduction to Healthcare Ethics - the structured framework for ethical dilemmas, understand ethical theories and how to apply them, understand ethical principalism and how to apply it to healthcare History of Ethics in Healthcare - reasons for the emergence of bioethics in the mid-late 20th Century, recent doubt and mistrust between public and healthcare professionals Ethical Thinking - Obligations and Consequences. Problems and possibilities attached to these two theories of ethics. Healthcare Research - ethical implications for research Specific cases - rationing of healthcare resources, negligence, consent, confidentiality, contraception, abortion and pregnancy, reproduction, organ donation and ownership of bodyparts, death and dying, mental health, data and social media

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Book SynopsisAs new medical technologies and treatments develop with increasing momentum, the legal and ethical implications of medicine are being called into question as never before. Martin Levine''s collection brings together the seminal papers written on the nexus between mental illness, its treatment and its relationship to the law. The volume also provides an informative introduction, summarizing the area and the relevance of the articles chosen.Trade Review'...an asset in any institutional library' Journal of Mental Health Law 'This tremendously important collection of international papers on the subject of mental illness, medicine and the law has never been so urgently needed.' Criminal Law News '...willl be a valuable resource in any mental health library, and a useful resource for students and clinicians from a range of disciplines.' Metapsychology Online ReviewsTable of ContentsContents: Part I The Seriously Ill: Involuntary Short-Term Treatment: Ethical benefits and costs of coercion in short-term inpatient psychiatric care, Lars Kjellin, Kristina Andersson, Inga-Lill Candefjord, Tom Palmstierna and Tuula Wallstein; Involuntary outpatient commitment, Elyn R. Saks; Treatment Rights: Ethics in community mental health care. The legislative tenets of client’s right to treatment in the least restrictive environment and freedom from harm: Implications for care providers, Douglas A. Marty and Rosemary Chapin; Privacy in psychiatric treatment: threats and responses, Paul S. Applebaum; Patient Autonomy: The right to refuse mental health treatment: a therapeutic jurisprudence analysis, Bruce J. Winick; Advance directives in psychiatry resolving issues of autonomy and competence, Janet Ritchie, Ron Sklar and Warren Steiner; Advocacy: Protection and advocacy: an ethics practice in mental health, D.P.Olsen; Ethical conflicts at the interface of advocacy and psychiatry, Martin L. Levine and Martha Lyon-Levine; The Social Construction of Madness: Psychiatry and the control of dangerousness: on the apotropaic function of the term 'mental illness', Thomas Szasz; Dangerousness, mental disorder, and responsibility, J.R. McMillan; Sanism, social science, and the development of mental disability law jurisprudence, Michael L. Perlin and Deborah A. Dorfman; Deinstitutionalization: The success of deinstitutionalization: empirical findings from case studies on state hospital closures, Aileen B. Rothbard and Eri Kuno; Build a better state hospital: deinstitutionalization has failed, Alexander Gralnick; Keeping the mentally ill out of jail, Richard Lamb; Cross-Cultural Psychiatry: Depression, somatization and the 'new cross-cultural psychiatry', Arthur M. Kleinman; Mental health law and ethics in transition: a report from Japan, Paul S. Applebaum; Psychiatric diagnosis and racial bias: empirical and interpretative approaches, Roland Littlewood; Providing cultu

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Book SynopsisDelivering Policy explores how the tension between science and politics shaped the long and fraught path to Canada’s Assisted Human Reproduction Act.Trade ReviewIn Delivering Policy, Francesca Scala provides a comprehensive, fascinating and well-written study of the evolution of assisted reproductive technology policies in Canada. Through the concept of boundary work, Scala demonstrates how different actors – scientists, policy-makers, activists - have attempted to challenge, blur or reinforce the boundary between science and politics since the appointment of the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies in 1989. Weaving a detailed analysis of policy documents with engaging testimonies from participants in those debates, the book ultimately presents a nuanced and persuasive account of the impact of discursive strategies and the broader political and institutional contexts. -- Prize Jury, 2020 Donald Smiley PrizeTable of Contents1 Politics, Science, and ARTs Policy in Canada2 Normalizing and Resisting Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Canadian and Comparative Perspectives3 Claiming and Contesting Epistemic Authority: The Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies4 Science and the Public Weigh In: The Discursive Terrain of ARTs Policy Making5 “Proceed with Care”: (Re)negotiating the Science/Politics Divide6 Setting Boundaries and Crafting ARTs Legislation7 Science, Boundary Work, and Parliamentary Politics: The Passing of Bill C-68 Understanding Boundary Work and ARTs Policy in CanadaNotes; References; Index

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Book SynopsisDelivering Policy explores how the tension between science and politics shaped the long and fraught path to Canada’s Assisted Human Reproduction Act.Trade ReviewIn Delivering Policy, Francesca Scala provides a comprehensive, fascinating and well-written study of the evolution of assisted reproductive technology policies in Canada. Through the concept of boundary work, Scala demonstrates how different actors – scientists, policy-makers, activists - have attempted to challenge, blur or reinforce the boundary between science and politics since the appointment of the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies in 1989. Weaving a detailed analysis of policy documents with engaging testimonies from participants in those debates, the book ultimately presents a nuanced and persuasive account of the impact of discursive strategies and the broader political and institutional contexts. -- Prize Jury, 2020 Donald Smiley PrizeTable of Contents1 Politics, Science, and ARTs Policy in Canada2 Normalizing and Resisting Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Canadian and Comparative Perspectives3 Claiming and Contesting Epistemic Authority: The Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies4 Science and the Public Weigh In: The Discursive Terrain of ARTs Policy Making5 “Proceed with Care”: (Re)negotiating the Science/Politics Divide6 Setting Boundaries and Crafting ARTs Legislation7 Science, Boundary Work, and Parliamentary Politics: The Passing of Bill C-68 Understanding Boundary Work and ARTs Policy in CanadaNotes; References; Index

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Book SynopsisIt offers information and insight to policymakers, medical and legal professionals, patients and other participants, and everyone else interested in the history and future direction of the field.Trade ReviewAlthough, the focus is on law, the writing is clear and accessible, and background information is supplied for nonlawyers. JAMA 2010Table of ContentsPreface, by Susan L. CrockinIntroductionLaw 101: A Selective Primer for the NonlawyerAssisted Reproductive Technology Time Lines, Medical and Legal1. Embryo Litigation2. Access to ART Treatment: Insurance and Discrimination3. General Professional Liability Litigation4. Paternity and Sperm Donation5. Maternity and Egg Donation6. Traditional and Gestational Surrogacy Arrangements7. Posthumous Reproduction: Access and Parentage8. Same-Sex Parentage and ART9. Genetics (PGD) and ART10. ART-Related Embryonic Stem Cell Legal Developments11. ART-Related Adoption Litigation12. ART-Related Fetal Litigation and Abortion-Related LitigationConclusionTable of CasesIndex

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Book SynopsisScience and technology are advancing more rapidly than regulations or the law can interpret and integrate them into a supportive or regulatory framework. This book is written for all clinicians in the neurosciences specialties who need to examine and re-examine the ethical and legal implications of advances in clinical neurosciences. Trade Review"Medical, ethical and legal issues interact acutely in neurological patients, and Dr. Szalados’s book on these issues is vital reading for the administrators, nurses, physicians, lawyers and ethicists who care for them." -- Denham Ward * M.D., Ph.D. *Table of ContentsDisclaimer Dedication Preface I. Morality, Ethics, and the Law: An Overview of the Foundations of Contemporary Clinical Ethical Analysis II. Case Studies: Ethical and Legal Challenges in the Care of the Neurologically Injured Critically Ill Patient III. Civil Law and Liability: The Law of Medical Malpractice IV. Legal Reasoning, Legal Process, Legal Proof and Why it is Confusing to Clinician Scientists V. Regulatory Law and the Clinical Practice of the Neurosciences VI. Digital Medicine and the Data Revolution Managing Digital Distraction and EMR Liability While Leveraging Opportunities in Teleneurology and Telecritical Care VII. Developing and Leading a Sustainable High Reliability High Performing Unit: Theories of Quality, Teamwork, Medical Error and Patient Safety VIII. Neurolaw and the Integration of Neuroscience, Ethics, and the Law: The New Frontiers IX. Conclusions and Afterword Acknowledgements About the Author Index

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Book SynopsisPersonal rights, such as the right to procreate - or not -and the right to die generate endless debate. This book maps out the legal, political, and ethical issues swirling around personal rights.Trade ReviewIn this truly fascinating and spellbinding work, Ball tells many tales. * Choice *A wonderful book dealing with personal issues each of us as individuals may face. Well-written and absorbing reading with numerous case studies that rely on materials and insider accounts from the private papers of the justices, this is a book for the general public and specialists alike to savor. -- Sheldon Goldman,University of Massachusetts, Amherst...A thorough summary of the trajectory of current case law on the legal regulation of U.S. citizens' intimate lives. . . . A valuable introduction to increasingly important and salient legal questions about the constitutional limits on the state's ability to shape intimate lives in the United States. * Political Science Quarterly *Despite the controversial content of many of the cases, Mr. Ball maintains an air of bemused detachment and does not openly take sides. This is not a polemic. With few exceptions, the prevailing tone is light and scholarly. The goal is to illuminate, not to persuade. * New York Law Journal *...A worthy assessment of the law of intimate association and personal decision-making. For those intrigued by the Court's human side, Ball provides a sufficient glimpse without raising the curtain on its realm of privacy that the justices have strived to protect. * Trial *Table of Contents1 "Fundamental" Rights versus State Interests: The Balancing Process 2 Marriage and Marital Privacy 3 The "Rhapsody of the Unitary Family" 4 Motherhood or Not, That Is Her Decision 5 Raising the Child: "Father Knows Best"? 6 "Let Me Go!": Death in the Family 7 Family and Personal Privacy in the Twenty-First Century

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Book SynopsisThis book examines informed consent to psychoanalysis. It reviews the law. It examines informed consent as a theoretical matter: e.g., is it possible, is it countertherapeutic? It reports on a survey of analysts. The goal is to shed psychoanalytic light on a concept which has changed the delivery of healthcare.Trade Review"An important and well-designed study. Saks and Golshan have described a new, uncharted field of inquiry: how standards of 'informed consent' might bear on -- and matter within -- psychoanalytic treatment. Their book intelligently frames a variety of new practical questions." -- -Martin Stone Cardozo Law School "Professors Elyn Saks and Shahrokh Golshan have given us a fascinating and eye-opening account of the legal, theoretical, and empirical dimensions of informed consent to psychoanalysis." -- Anne Dailey, University of Connecticut School of Law -Journal of the American Psychoanalytical Association

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