Legal and ethical aspects of healthcare /
As each advance in medicine is made, and treatments become more sophisticated, the legal and moral issues surrounding such treatments have also multiplied. This book provides a unique and in-depth coverage of the most important ethical and moral issues facing healthcare professionals, lawyers and th...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; San Francisco :
Greenwich Medical Media,
©2003.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Ch. 1. About medicine and the law
- Ch. 2. Resources
- Who decides?
- Ch. 3. The confidential relationship
- Ch. 4. The therapeutic partnership
- Ch. 5. Refusal of consent
- Ch. 6. Medical negligence
- Ch. 7. Using people for research
- Ch. 8. Assisted reproduction
- Ch. 9. Genetics and pregnancy
- Ch. 10. Termination of pregnancy
- Ch. 11. Genetics, insurance and employment
- Ch. 12. Is life worth living?
- Ch. 13. Disposal of the body and body parts
- Ch. 14. Sex, gender and the law
- Ch. 15. Mental health and mental capacity
- Ch. 16. The law and the elderly.