Bioethics, medicine and the criminal law. Volume 3. Medicine and bioethics in the theatre of the criminal process /

To date, little analysis exists of the criminal process's roles as a regulator of medical practice and as an arbiter of bioethics, nor whether criminal law is an appropriate forum for judging ethical medical dilemmas. The conscription of criminal law into moral controversy and the (perceived) r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brazier, Margaret
Otros Autores: Ost, Suzanne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, ©2013.
Colección:Cambridge bioethics and law.
Temas:
Physicians > Malpractice > Criminal provisions.
Bioethics.
Criminal law > Philosophy.
Medical errors > Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical care > Law and legislation > Criminal provisions.
Médecins > Responsabilité professionnelle > Droit pénal.
Erreurs médicales > Aspect moral.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Courtrooms, 'physic' and drama: the 'criminal process' and the regulation of medicine before 1858
  • Crime, doctors and the body (politic)
  • From 'theatre' to the dock via the mortuary
  • Protecting life before birth?
  • Medical (and non-medical) ending of life: criminal responsibility and the (ir)relevance of motivation
  • Which twin lives? Jodie and Mary (Gracie and Rosie)
  • Drawing connections: moral philosophy, (political) liberalism, responsibility and the theatre of interpretation
  • Parallels and disconnects: bioethical principles, principles of criminalisation and the rule of law.

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