Medical Ethics and Law
The Core Curriculum
- 2nd Edition - February 12, 2008
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
- Authors: Dominic Wilkinson, Tony Hope, Julian Savulescu, Judith Hendrick
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 0 3 3 7 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 5 0 7 8 - 7
The book is in two sections. The first considers general aspects of ethics (in the context of medicine); the second section covers the topics identified in the ‘consensus… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe book is in two sections. The first considers general aspects of ethics (in the context of medicine); the second section covers the topics identified in the ‘consensus agreement’. The content of medical law is not intended to be comprehensive and relates very much to the ethical issues.
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Part 1: Ethical and legal background: Reasoning about ethics. Ethics and legal background. Three core concepts in medical ethics - best interests, autonomy and rights. An introduction to law. Doctors, patients and professions.
Part 2. Specific topics. Consent. Confidentiality. Genetics. Reproductive medicine. Children. Mental disorder. End of life. Resource allocation. Research. Disease, disability and human enhancement.
Useful web resources in medical ethics and law.
Part 2. Specific topics. Consent. Confidentiality. Genetics. Reproductive medicine. Children. Mental disorder. End of life. Resource allocation. Research. Disease, disability and human enhancement.
Useful web resources in medical ethics and law.
- Edition: 2
- Published: February 12, 2008
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
- No. of pages: 280
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443103377
- eBook ISBN: 9780702050787
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Dominic Wilkinson
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Medical Ethics, Director of Medical Ethics, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics; Consultant Neonatologist, John Radcliffe Hospital; Senior Research Fellow, Jesus College, Oxford.TH
Tony Hope
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Medical Ethics and Fellow of St Cross College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKJS
Julian Savulescu
Affiliations and expertise
Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics and Director, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Visiting Professorial Fellow in Biomedical Ethics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Distinguished Visiting International Professorship in Law, University of Melbourne, AustraliaJH
Judith Hendrick
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Social Sciences and Law, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK