Medical law
The Core Text Series takes the reader straight to the heart of the subject, providing a reliable and invaluable guide for students of law at all levels. Written by leading academics and renowned for their clarity, these concise texts explain the intellectual challenges of each area of the law. Lively and engaging, Medical Law: Core Text covers the core topics of the medical law syllabus, presenting an overview of the key principles. Written in a clear, readily understandable way, Jonathan Herri…
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- Full title :Medical law / Jonathan Herring.
Summary
The Core Text Series takes the reader straight to the heart of the subject, providing a reliable and invaluable guide for students of law at all levels. Written by leading academics and renowned for their clarity, these concise texts explain the intellectual challenges of each area of the law. Lively and engaging, Medical Law: Core Text covers the core topics of the medical law syllabus, presenting an overview of the key principles. Written in a clear, readily understandable way, Jonathan Herring provides a perceptive analysis, and an original and thought-provoking commentary to give students.
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- Publication Date:©2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxv, 307 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0191665894, 9780191665899, 1306260582, 9781306260589
- oclc:ocn868043848
- LC Classification:KD3395
- Dewey Decimal:344.41041
Table of Contents
Cover; Contents; Table of cases; Table of statutes; Table of secondary legislation; Table of international instruments; 1 Key ethical and legal principles; Introduction; Grand theories; Consequentialism; Deontology; An ethic of care; Applying the theories; Key ethical principles; Autonomy; The principle of non-malfeasance; The principle of beneficence; Justice; Balancing the principles; Intersecting medical ethics and law; CONCLUSION; FURTHER READING; SELF-TEST QUESTIONS; 2 Rationing and delivery of health care; An introduction to rationing; Must we ration?; Who rations?; The law on rationing.
European Union lawJudicial review; Analysis of the courts' approach; Ethical approaches to rationing; The NHS Constitution; The structure of the NHS; The Care Quality Commission; Strategic Health Authorities; Primary Care Trusts (PCTs); Special health authorities; Local authorities; NHS Trusts; General practitioners; The health/social care divide; The provider/purchaser distinction; Decentralization; Targets; Choice; CONCLUSION; FURTHER READING; SELF-TEST QUESTIONS; 3 Medical negligence; Introduction; Legal wrongs; Criminal law; The law of the tort of negligence; The duty of care.
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