Medical Law: Text, Cases, and Materials (Text Cases & Materials) - Softcover

Jackson, Emily

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9780199551927: Medical Law: Text, Cases, and Materials (Text Cases & Materials)

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ISBN 10: 0199551928 ISBN 13: 9780199551927

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2009

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Medical Law: Text, Cases, and Materials offers exactly what the title says - all of the explanation, commentary, and extracts from cases and key materials that students need to gain a thorough understanding of this complex topic. Key case extracts provide the legal context, facts, and background; extracts from materials, including from the most ground-breaking writers of today, provide differing ethical perspectives and outline current debates; and the author's insightful commentary ensures that readers understand the facts of the cases and can navigate the ethical landscape to form their own understanding of medical law.

Chapters cover all of the topics commonly found on medical law courses, including a separate chapter on mental health law. This new edition, thoroughly updated, includes:
- a new chapter on genetics, including coverage of confidentiality, pharmacogenetics and PGD, as well as direct-to-consumer genetic testing and gene therapy
- more on the ownership of bodies and body parts, and more on issues of medicalisation and access to trial data
- an expanded 'End of Life' chapter
- reference to key pieces of Scottish and Irish legislation.

Online Resource Centre
Online updates to the law are regularly provided to ensure that the book stays current after publication. New to this edition is an online, searchable glossary of medical and legal terms.

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Review:

The great thing about this book is that it is scholarly and extremely accessible...the author has combined accessibility with academic rigour. (Margaret Brazier, Professor of Law, University of Manchester)

It is a compelling read, which has gone a long way to reconceptualising key medico-legal concepts. It has a linear and profoundly rational approach to readily misunderstood concepts, the three Cs capacity, consent and confidentiality. - BMA Medical Book Awards

Book Description:

Winner of First Prize in the Basis of Medicine category at the 2017 BMA Medical Book Awards.

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