Medical and healthcare law

In 2004, the Assisted Human Reproduction Act was passed by the Parliament of Canada.

This groundbreaking book is the first collection to investigate the law, political science and ethical perspectives collectively in relation to the right and value of life.

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

This book proposes ways to use the notion of solidarity fruitfully so as to inform policy and practice in biomedicine.

Regulating the End of Life: Death Rights is a collection of cutting-edge chapters on assisted dying and euthanasia, written by leading authors in the field.

The book discusses compensation mechanisms and other non-judicial means that offer alternatives to court proceedings, designed and provided for within national legal regimes.

This book gathers scientific contributions on comprehensive approaches to personalized medicine.

This book provides a fresh, multidisciplinary, and exciting look at the making and remaking of pharmaceutical patents at the GATT/WTO, by utilising a Coxian political economy of continuity and change in the global political economy (GPE).

This title was first published in 2003.

Forensic science has become a mainstay of popular culture on television, in movies, books, and podcasts.

Many of us in science have this "e;Aha!

Nonclinical Safety Assessment Nonclinical Safety Assessment A Guide to International Pharmaceutical Regulations Bringing a new drug to market is a costly time-consuming process.

Examines trust, its definition, value, and decline from the perspective of a physician and a medical ethicist.

This book is the first comprehensive report and analysis of the Dutch euthanasia experience over the last three decades.

Considers problems associated with genetic information in an age of declining welfare provision, and offers direction for future policy.

This book prepares mental health professionals to conduct a thorough psychological assessment of individuals involved in immigration proceedings and present the results in a professional report.

By means of a historical, legal and scientific approach, this book identifies the issues, progress and setbacks in the right for women to access abortion in various countries of the Global North.

Examining the historical, economic and political context for the current prohibition of particular drugs, this study investigates the problem of drug control and provides a systematic analysis of the development of the international system of regulation.

This book offers a first rate selection of academic articles on Latin American bioethics.

This is a practical guide to successfully achieving a fully computerised system in primary care.

Modern medicine enables us to keep many people alive after they have suffered severe brain damage and show no reliable outward signs of consciousness.

This interdisciplinary collection presents valuable discourse and reflection on the nature of a good death.

As the largely illicit cannabis market transitions to a legal, regulated industry, the "e;canna-curious"e; and experienced industry participants alike are experiencing the harsh truth: Making a fortune in the legal cannabis industry is a challenge made even more difficult by a complex patchwork of state and federal laws.

Offering the first comprehensive theoretical engagement with actions for wrongful conception and birth, The Harm Paradox provides readers with an insightful critique into the concepts of choice, responsibility and personhood.

Assistive Technology Assessment Handbook, Second Edition, proposes an international ideal model for the assistive technology assessment process, outlining how this model can be applied in practice to re-conceptualize the phases of an assistive technology delivery system according to the biopsychosocial model of disability.

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.

Communication problems between science and the courts are widely deplored and sometimes exploited by a variety of groups.

Pediatric Life Care Planning and Case Management provides a comprehensive and unique reference that goes beyond the clinical discussion to include legal and financial aspects, life expectancy data, and assistive technology.

This edited collection is designed to explore the ethical nature of judicial decision-making, particularly relating to cases in the health/medical sphere, where judges are often called upon to issue rulings on questions containing an explicit ethical component.

Whenever the legitimacy of a new or ethically contentious medical intervention is considered, a range of influences will determine whether the treatment becomes accepted as lawful medical treatment.

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A Casebook of Mental Capacity in US Legislation: Assessment and Legal Commentary employs an applied and accessible approach to the assessment of mental capacity.

This book applies a discussion of the nature of human life to resolving bioethical issues.

Head, Eye, and Face Personal Protective Equipment: New Trends, Practice, and Applications presents protective equipment in the context of the latest design trends, materials, and technologies.

The testimony of an expert witness can lead to success or failure in cases that hinge on the presentation's impact on a jury.

This revised and updated edition of Care of the Mentally Disordered Offender in the Community provides a comprehensive, evidence-based guide to theory and practice.

Today's increasingly sophisticated psychological and neuropsychological assessments allow for a greater understanding, and improved evaluations, in forensic psychology.

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 book provides the first comprehensive, historically based, philosophical interpretations of two texts of Thomas Percival's professional ethics in medicine set in the context of his intellectual biography.

An anesthesiologist chips a patient's tooth during a difficult intubation.

A proposal for resolving tensions between professionals and society regarding tissue for transplants and research, while properly protecting donors'' interests.

What happens when two systems, law and medicine, are joined in the arena of the court?

The past two decades have seen rapid development of micro-/nanotechnologies with the integration of chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, chemistry, and life sciences to form bio-MEMS or lab-on-chip devices that help us perform cellular analysis in a complex micro-/nanoflluidic environment with minimum sample consumption and have potential biomedical applications.

Medical confidentiality is universally recognised as a value worth protecting.

Examines how the framing of disability has serious implications for legal, medical, and policy treatments of disability.

Food products with genetically modified (GM) ingredients are common, yet many consumers are unaware of this.

The field of ethics in science aims to improve the way the audience perceives science, and this unique workbook discusses the areas of ethics and scientific misconduct.

Pharmacy Law and Practice, Fifth Edition provides a straightforward and useable guide for students, practitioners, academics and others interested in pharmacy law and practice in the United Kingdom.