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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McLean, Sheila
Otros Autores: Mason, J. K. (John Kenyon)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 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.