Description
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 2019
Table 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
