Healthcare decision-making and the law : autonomy, capacity and the limits of liberalism /

This analysis of the law's approach to healthcare decision-making critiques its liberal foundations in respect of three categories of people: adults with capacity, adults without capacity and adults who are subject to mental health legislation. Focusing primarily on the law in England and Wales...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Donnelly, Mary (Law teacher)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Colección:Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics.
Temas:
Medical care > Law and legislation > England.
Medical care > Law and legislation.
Medical care > England > Decision making.
Medical care > Decision making.
Decision making.
Delivery of Health Care > legislation & jurisprudence
Decision Making
Prise de décision.
decision making.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
England
England.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Autonomy : variations on a principle
  • Autonomy in the law
  • Capacity : the gatekeeper for autonomy
  • Capacity assessment in practice
  • Autonomy, rights and decision-making for patients lacking capacity
  • Treatment for a mental disorder : a case apart.

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