| Description |
xlvi, 704 pages ; 24cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- Reproductive Medicine -- 2. Aspects of sex law -- 3. The management of infertility and childlessness -- 4. The control of fertility -- 5. Abortion -- 6. Prenatal screening and wrongful life -- 7. Genetic information and the law -- Medical Practice -- 8. Medical confidentiality -- 9. Medical negligence -- 10. Consent to treatment -- 11. Health resources and dilemmas in treatment -- 12. Treatment of the aged -- Death -- 13. The diagnosis of death -- 14. The donation of organs and transplantation -- 15. The body as property -- 16. Medical futility (or non-productive medical treatment): I The beginning of life -- 17. Medical futility: II Later life -- 18. Euthanasia -- Research And Experimentation -- 19. Biomedical human research and experimentation -- 20. Research on children, fetuses and embryos -- Psychiatry And The Law -- 21. Human Rights, psychiatry and the law -- 22. Psychiatry and the criminal law -- Index |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Medical laws and legislation.
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Medical laws and legislation -- Great Britain.
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Medical ethics.
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Bioethical Issues.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Legislation, Medical.
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United Kingdom. |
| Genre/Form |
Legal Case.
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Legislation.
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Laws.
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| Author |
McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
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Laurie, G. T. (Graeme T.)
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| LC no. |
2005272852 |
| ISBN |
0406949956 paperback |
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