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Author Maclean, Alasdair

Title Autonomy, Informed Consent and Medical Law : a Relational Challenge
Published Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (316 pages)
Series Cambridge Law, Medicine and Ethics, 8
Cambridge Law, Medicine and Ethics, 8
Contents Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Table of cases; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: An ethical model; 1 Autonomy; 2 The relevance of beneficence, justice and virtue; 3 The healthcare professional-patient relationship: Setting the context for consent; 4 The concept of consent: what it is and what it isn't; Part II: Consent and the law; 5 The legal regulation of consent; 6 Rationalising the law and ethics of consent; 7 Constructing consent: Future regulation and the practice of healthcare; Summary and conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary Alasdair Maclean examines the ethical basis for consent to medical treatment and offers proposals for reform
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-289) and index
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Subject Informed consent (Medical law) -- England
Medical law and ethics -- England
Informed consent (Medical law)
England
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780511506949
0511506945