The Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethics and Law is the definitive guide to the legal and ethical issues around medical and surgical practice. It is written with the busy clinician in mind who will not have time to read lengthy and complex legal or philosophical documents but requires the key information presented without technical jargon in a handy quick-reference style. The handbook also includes a substantial number of examples taken from a wide variety of specialties withthe relevant legal and ethical issues clearly explained, so that the reader can see how these principles play out in day-to-day patient care. Both medical students and current professionals will find this an essential practical resource.
Part 1: Ethics; Introduction to Ethics; The Virtuous Doctor; Consequentialism; Deontology; The Four Principles; Care Ethics; Moral Relativism and Subjectivism; Critical Reasoning; Part 2: Law; Introduction to the Legal System; Key Articles of Law; Court; Law within Medical Practice; Negligence; Other Issues of Liability; Part 3: Generic legal and ethical issues; Resource allocation; Candour and Confidentiality; Issues in the Doctor-Patient Relationship; Issues in Death and Dying; Doctors and the General Medical Council (GMC); Medical Research; Medical Education; Part 4: Ethico-legal issues by medical specialism; Ethico-legal issues by medical specialism A-M; Ethico-legal issues by medical specialism N-V; Part 5: Statutory Provisions; Abortion Act 1967; Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003; Gender Recognition Act 2004; Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990; Human Rights Act 1998 (European Convention on Human Rights); Human Tissue Act 2004; Mental Capacity Act 2005; Mental Health Act 1983; Suicide Act 1961; Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985;
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