Nutcases : medical law

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tovey, Gwyn (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Sweet And Maxwell , c2008
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The modern NHS
  • 2. The doctor-patient relationship
  • 3. Medical ethics
  • 4. Consent to treatment
  • 5. Mental health law
  • 6. Confidentiality
  • 7. Medical negligence
  • 8. Contraception and sterilisation
  • 9. Assisted reproduction
  • 10. Pregnancy and abortion 11. Childbirth; civil liability to a child born with congenital disabilities; and life-or-death decision-making in respect of severely handicapped newborn babies
  • 12. Research
  • 13. Organ transplants
  • 14. The management of dying: exercising autonomy (the "right to die"), assisted suicide and euthanasia