This volume brings together a group of researchers from different European countries and disciplines who are involved in Clinical Ethics Consultation (CEC). The work provides a discussion on the theories and methods underlying CEC and on the issues of implementation and evaluation.
The adoption of many treatments and procedures within medicine is far from straightforward, particularly when such treatments are ethically contentiou..
Challenging the dominant account of medical law as normatively and conceptually subordinate to medical or bio ethics, this book provides an innovative..
With increasing recognition of the international market in health professionals and the impact of globalism on regulation, the governance of the healt..
This study argues that whilst ethical regulation of biomedical research in Africa and other developing countries has attracted global attention, legal..
This book explores the human rights consequences of recent and ongoing revisions of mental health legislation in England and Ireland. The author uses ..
This book focuses upon the permissibility of encroachment on the pregnant woman’s autonomy in the interests of the foetus. Drawing on the law in Engla..
Analyzing the criminal concepts of intention and causation in euthanasia, this book explores a range of disciplines and offers an alternative legal fr..
This book focuses upon the permissibility of encroachment on the pregnant woman’s autonomy in the interests of the foetus. Drawing on the law in Engla..
There is now incontrovertible evidence that medical mistakes and mishaps occur in significant numbers every year. This book examines the uncertainty a..
The notion that consent based on the concept of autonomy, underpins a good or beneficent medical intervention is deeply rooted in the jurisprudence of..
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This book will focus upon decisions to withhold or withdraw life-supporting treatment from incompetent patients. The book offers a critical ex..
Over the past twenty years there has been a shift in medical law and practise to increasingly distrust the judgement of health professionals. This boo..