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Legal and ethical aspects of healthcare /

Main Author: McLean, Sheila.
Other Authors: Mason, J. K.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; San Francisco : Greenwich Medical Media, ©2003.
Subjects:
Medical care > Great Britain.
Medical care > United States.
Patients > Civil rights > Great Britain.
Patients > Civil rights > United States.
Patients > Legal status, laws, etc. > Great Britain.
Patients > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Delivery of Health Care > legislation & jurisprudence.
Ethics, Clinical.
Patient Rights > legislation & jurisprudence.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Medical care.
Patients > Civil rights.
Patients > Legal status, laws, etc.
Great Britain.
United States.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=161193
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. About medicine and the law
  • Ch. 2. Resources
  • Who decides?
  • Ch. 3. The confidential relationship
  • Ch. 4. The therapeutic partnership
  • Ch. 5. Refusal of consent
  • Ch. 6. Medical negligence
  • Ch. 7. Using people for research
  • Ch. 8. Assisted reproduction
  • Ch. 9. Genetics and pregnancy
  • Ch. 10. Termination of pregnancy
  • Ch. 11. Genetics, insurance and employment
  • Ch. 12. Is life worth living?
  • Ch. 13. Disposal of the body and body parts
  • Ch. 14. Sex, gender and the law
  • Ch. 15. Mental health and mental capacity
  • Ch. 16. The law and the elderly.

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