Medical and healthcare law

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.

FDA Regulatory Affairs is a roadmap to prescription drug, biologics, and medical device development in the United States.

This concise e-book provides clinicians as well as administrative personnel involved in clinical research with an understanding of documentation related to clinical trial monitoring activities at each stage of the study from planning and set up, through conduct and close-out.

'Haunting, wild, and quiet at once.

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.

Already established in its first edition as a key text in elderly care, this comprehensively revised second edition of Essential Facts in Geriatric Medicine is a vital reference for health professionals involved in providing comprehensive care to the older population.

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

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.

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

Favored by instructors and students for its real-world focus and engaging style, this authoritative text on the interface of psychology and law has now been revised and expanded.

In a violent world with an increase of family violence there is also correlated an increase of school violence, substance abuse and sexual abuse.

The World Health Organisation recently confirmed that mental Illness was set to become the biggest threat to human well-being in the twenty first century.

In San Diego, not far from the gates of the fantasy world of Disneyland, tent cities lining the freeways remind us of an ugly reality.

Building a Better Law Practice: Become a Better Lawyer in Five Minutes a Day will help you be a better lawyer and build a better practice.

In the past decade, right-wing efforts to end legal abortion in the United States have reached a fever pitch, with anti-abortion legislation being introduced in several "e;red"e;-and even some "e;purple"e;-states.

Interest in meditation and mindfulness has skyrocketed in recent years, thanks largely to neuroimaging and the body of scientific research that has validated the many benefits of these practices.

Injuries involving the spine are the most common compensation claims in the United States.

On January 1, 2014, the most important consumer protections in ObamaCare (the Affordable Care Act) go into effect.

The Social Security and Medicare Handbook includes the provisions of the Social Security Act, regulations issued under the Act, and recent case decisions (rulings).

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This comprehensive handbook synthesizes the rapidly growing research base on child and adolescent psychopathy: its nature, causes, development, assessment, and treatment.

This rigorous yet reader-friendly book reviews the state of the science on a broad range of psychological issues commonly encountered in the forensic context.