Medical and healthcare law

In this new addition to the 'Debating Law' series, Emily Jackson and John Keown re-examine the legal and ethical aspects of the euthanasia debate.

This multi-disciplinary collection of essays from the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group is concerned with the varying circumstances, manner, timing and experiences of birth.

Human Rights and Healthcare looks at medical law from a human rights perspective.

Medical law and ethics are frequently referred to in conjunction, and appear together in many textbooks.

Do you own your body?

In a community that takes rights seriously, consent features pervasively in both moral and legal discourse as a justifying reason: stated simply, where there is consent, there can be no complaint.

As developments in human genetics proceed apace,the regulation of genetic research and its applications is set to represent one of the major legal challenges of the next century.

This book investigates how the requirements, limitations and intellectual structure of the British legal process have shaped medicine and medical practice.

These essays explore the nature and limits of individual autonomy in law, policy and the work of regulatory agencies.

Mental health laws exist in many countries to regulate the involuntary detention and treatment of individuals with serious mental illnesses.

This book,the second produced by the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group, is a collection of essays on the subject of law and the human body.

Law relating to mental disorder and to the mentally disordered has rarely been the subject of such extensive and heated debate.

If a pregnant woman refuses medical treatment needed by the fetus - for instance for religious reasons - or conducts some aspect of her life in a way which risks fetal harm, there may arise an instance of "e;maternal-fetal conflict"e;.

This new book provides a clear and accessible analysis of the various ways in which human reproduction is regulated.

Many advocates of euthanasia consider the criminal law to be an inappropriate medium to adjudicate the profound ethical and humanitarian dilemmas associated with end of life decisions.

This comprehensive yet accessible resource provides readers with everything they need to know about intersex - people who are born with any range of sex characteristics that might not fit typical binary notions about male and female bodies.

This challenging and highly practical book draws on the findings from an international study designed to help practitioners and researchers understand the factors and processes that enable healthcare organisations in the United States and Europe to achieve - and sustain - high quality services for their users.

The Irish health system is confronted by a range of challenges, both emerging and recurring.

The Irish health system is confronted by a range of challenges, both emerging and recurring.

The new third edition of Medicine, Ethics and the Law takes account of the numerous cases and proposed legislative changes that have taken place in Ireland since the last edition in 2011.

Clinical Negligence, Fifth Edition remains the only text of its kind to cover both medical and legal aspects of medical negligence.

This highly regarded book is a comprehensive and up to date guide to mental health law in Scotland.

The new third edition of Medicine, Ethics and the Law takes account of the numerous cases and proposed legislative changes that have taken place in Ireland since the last edition in 2011.

A Practical Guide to Medical Negligence Litigation covers the lifetime of a High Court medical negligence action from first contact with a client through to plenary hearing, settlement and mediation including inquests.

A Practical Guide to Medical Negligence Litigation covers the lifetime of a High Court medical negligence action from first contact with a client through to plenary hearing, settlement and mediation including inquests.

Nowhere is the injustice of the global distribution of income and wealth more palpable than in health.

Nowhere is the injustice of the global distribution of income and wealth more palpable than in health.

This book contributes towards EU studies and the growing discourse on law and public health.

This book contributes towards EU studies and the growing discourse on law and public health.

This new addition to Hart Publishing's Landmark Cases series brings together leading figures in the field to discuss a selection of the most significant cases in medical law.

This new addition to Hart Publishing's Landmark Cases series brings together leading figures in the field to discuss a selection of the most significant cases in medical law.

The debate over whether human bodies and their parts should be governed by the laws of property has accelerated with the pace of technological change.

The debate over whether human bodies and their parts should be governed by the laws of property has accelerated with the pace of technological change.

Dementia is a topic of enormous human, medical, economic, legal and ethical importance.

This book aims to bolster the burgeoning discourse of health and human rights.

This book aims to bolster the burgeoning discourse of health and human rights.

Reproductive choices are at once the most private and intimate decisions we make in our lives and undeniably also among the most public.

Reproductive choices are at once the most private and intimate decisions we make in our lives and undeniably also among the most public.

The piecemeal developments in product liability reform in Europe have their origins in the tragic association of phocomelia in children with thalidomide in 1962.

The piecemeal developments in product liability reform in Europe have their origins in the tragic association of phocomelia in children with thalidomide in 1962.

'Caring and the Law' considers the law's response to caring.

'Caring and the Law' considers the law's response to caring.

Adult Protection and the Law in Scotland provides a guide to the general principles of legislation in relation to adult protection.

Adult Protection and the Law in Scotland provides a guide to the general principles of legislation in relation to adult protection.

Medical Treatment Decisions and the Law covers an increasingly important area of law, seeking to place medical decision-making in its context and to provide practical guidance to the solution of many problems likely to be encountered in practice.

Medical Treatment Decisions and the Law covers an increasingly important area of law, seeking to place medical decision-making in its context and to provide practical guidance to the solution of many problems likely to be encountered in practice.

This highly regarded book is a comprehensive and up to date guide to mental health law in Scotland.