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Medical law : a very short introduction /

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Foster, Charles, 1962
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford :
Publication Dates: 2013.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Series: Very short introductions ; 345
Subjects:
Medical laws and legislation > Great Britain
Patients > Legal status, laws, etc. > Great Britain
Medical laws and legislation
Patients > Legal status, laws, etc
Summary: 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.
Item Description: Includes index.
Carrier Form: xiii, 141 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
ISBN: 9780199660445 (paperback) :
0199660441 (paperback)
Index Number: KD3395
CLC: D956.121.6
Call Number: D956.121.6/F754
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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