Title:
Medical law : a very short introduction / Charles Foster.
Author:
Foster, Charles, 1962- author.
Publication Information:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Call Number:
KD3395 .F67 2013
Abstract:
Medicine evolves fast, and medical law tries to keep up. It deals with some of the most fascinating, fundamental and difficult questions about the human body and mind. Charles Foster surveys the principles governing medical law.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780199660445
Series:
Very short introductions ; 345
Very short introductions ; 345.
Physical Description:
141 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Subject Term:
Contents:
Origins and legacies -- The enforcement of medical law -- Before birth -- Confidentiality and privacy -- Consent -- Clinical negligence -- Research on human subjects -- Resource allocation -- The end of life -- Organ donation and the ownership of body parts -- The future of medical law.
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