Description
Book SynopsisThis is an in-depth study of the contentious issues in Irish healthcare and deals with issues such as assisted suicide, abortion, adolescent treatment refusal, end of life care, retention of biological samples, involuntary admission to care and the regulation of stem cell research.
Table of ContentsIntroduction – Mary Donnelly and Claire Murray
Part I: Context and Care
1. Reproductive justice in Ireland: A feminist analysis of the Neary and Halappanavar cases – Joan McCarthy
2. Conscientious objection, harm reduction and abortion care – Ruth Fletcher
3. Why care about carers? – Claire Murray
Part II: Rights and Responsibilities
4. The limits of autonomy: an exploration of the role of autonomy in the debate about assisted suicide – Louise Campbell
5. If she can consent, why can’t she refuse? – Tom Walker
6. Patient autonomy and responsibilities within the patient-doctor partnership: two sides of the same unequal coin? – Asim Sheikh
7. Older people, human rights, law and policy – Mary Keys
8. Legal and ethical considerations in involuntary admission to long-term care – Shaun O’Keeffe
Part III: Regulating Research
9. Retention and use of human biological samples: The Guthrie card example – Deirdre Madden
10. A moral gap?: Examining Ireland’s failure to regulate embryonic stem cell research – Ciara Staunton
11. Children in clinical trials in Ireland: Addressing the gaps in the legal framework – Katherine Wade
Part IV: Oversight of decision-making
12. Governance failures and organisational ethics: Perspectives from the Neary and Halappanavar cases – Heike Felzmann
13. Psychiatric Admission in Ireland: The Role of Country of Origin – Brendan Kelly
14. The relationship between the courts and mental health tribunals – Darius Whelan
15. Patient-centred dying: the role of law – Mary Donnelly
16. Improving end-of-life care in intensive care units – Barry Lyons
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