Courtrooms, 'physic' and drama: the 'criminal process' and the regulation of medicine before 1858 -- Crime, doctors and the body (politic) -- From 'theatre' to the dock via the mortuary -- Protecting life before birth? -- Medical (and non-medical) ending of life: criminal responsibility and the (ir)relevance of motivation -- Which twin lives? Jodie and Mary (Gracie and Rosie) -- Drawing connections: moral philosophy, (political) liberalism, responsibility and the theatre of interpretation -- Parallels and disconnects: bioethical principles, principles of criminalisation and the rule of law
Summary
This work maps the criminal process's impact on several key issues in medicine and its arbitration of bioethics
