| Description |
xxiv, 286 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Oxford monographs on criminal law and justice |
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Oxford monographs on criminal law and criminal justice.
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| Contents |
An ill-suited and inappropriate union? : exploring the relationship between the criminal justice system and health care / Suzanne Ost and Charles A. Erin -- Criminalizing medical malpractice / Margaret Brazier and Neil Allen -- Medical manslaughter : the rise (and replacement) of a contested crime? / Oliver Quick -- Medical or managerial manslaughter? / Neil Allen -- When are errors a crime? : lessons from New Zealand / Alan Forbes Merry -- Euthanasia and the defence of necessity : advocating a more appropriate legal response / Suzanne Ost -- Criminal law is the problem, not the solution / John Griffiths -- Lessons in legal and judicial ethics from Schiavo : the special responsibilities of lawyers and judges in cases involving persons with severe cognitive disabilities / Robert A. Destro -- Medical treatment at the end of life-a British doctor's perspective / Michael Wilks -- Dignity : the difference between abortion and neonaticide for severe disability / Stephen W. Smith -- Terminating life and human rights : the fetus and the neonate / Elizabeth Wicks -- Non-treatment of severely disabled newborns and criminal liability under spanish law / Sergio Romeo-Malanda -- Should we criminalize HIV transmission? / Rebecca Bennett -- The rightful domain of the criminal law / Charles A. Erin -- Medicalizing crime-criminalizing health? the role of law / Jonathan Montgomery |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Medical care -- Law and legislation.
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Medical ethics.
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Criminal law.
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| Author |
Erin, Charles A.
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Ost, Suzanne.
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| LC no. |
2007034283 |
| ISBN |
9780199228294 (hbk.) |
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0199228299 (hbk.) |
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