| Description |
xx, 332 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge bioethics and law |
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Cambridge bioethics and law.
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| Contents |
Healthcare serial killings : was the case of Dr Harold Shipman unthinkable? / Brian Hurwitz -- "The Sleep of Death" : anaesthesia, mortality, and the courts from ether to Adomako / Barry Lyons -- Getting mixed up in crime : doctors, disease transmission, confidentiality, and the criminal process / James Chalmers -- Victims' voices, victims' interests, and criminal justice in the healthcare setting / Andrew Sanders -- Medical manslaughter and expert evidence : the roles of context and character / Oliver Quick -- The road to the dock : prosecution decision-making in medical manslaughter cases / Danielle Griffiths and Andrew Sanders -- Psychiatric care and criminal prosecution / Neil Allen -- Involuntary automaticity and medical manslaughter / Peter Gooderham and Brian Toft -- Medical manslaughter : organisational liability / Celia Wells -- The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 and maternal death : an opportunity to address systemic deficiencies in maternity services? / Penelope J. Brearey-Horne -- From prosecution to rehabilitation : New Zealand's response to health practitioner negligence / Ron Paterson -- Doctors who kill and harm their patients : the Australian experience / Ian Dobinson -- The role of the criminal law in healthcare malpractice in France : examining the HIV blood contamination scandal / Anne-Maree Farrell and Melinee Kazarian -- The use and impact of the criminal process on the treatment of pain in the USA / Stephen J. Zeigler -- Exploring the tension between physician-assisted dying and palliative medicine / Alexandra Mullock |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Physicians -- Malpractice -- Criminal provisions.
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Medical personnel -- Malpractice -- Criminal provisions.
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Criminal law.
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Bioethics.
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| Author |
Griffiths, Danielle.
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Sanders, Andrew, 1952-
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| LC no. |
2012027129 |
| ISBN |
9781107021532 (hardback) |
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1107021537 (hardback) |
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