Autonomy, Informed Consent and Medical Law : a Relational Challenge.
Alasdair Maclean examines the ethical basis for consent to medical treatment and offers proposals for reform.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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Colección: | Cambridge Law, Medicine and Ethics, 8.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.