Legal and ethical aspects of healthcare
By: S.A.M. McLean, J.K. Mason.
Contributors: Mason, J. K.
Publisher: Greenwich Medical Media
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London; San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Medical care -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.; Medical ethics.; Delivery of Health Care -- legislation & jurisprudence.; Ethics, Clinical.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. About medicine and the law; title: Ch. 2. Resources - Who decides?; title: Ch. 3. The confidential relationship; title: Ch. 4. The therapeutic partnership; title: Ch. 5. Refusal of consent; title: Ch. 6. Medical negligence; title: Ch. 7. Using people for research; title: Ch. 8. Assisted reproduction; title: Ch. 9. Genetics and pregnancy; title: Ch. 10. Termination of pregnancy; title: Ch. 11. Genetics, insurance and employment; title: Ch. 12. Is life worth living?; title: Ch. 13. Disposal of the body and body parts; title: Ch. 14. Sex, gender and the law; title: Ch. 15. Mental health and mental capacity; title: Ch. 16. The law and the elderly.