Sourcebook on Medical Law

Download or read book Sourcebook on Medical Law written by Marc Stauch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work draws together a wide range of material, including extracts from statutes, cases and academic commentaries, and presents this in a lucid and logical form. It is divided into two parts: the first looks at the general principles that permeate medical law and features chapters on illness and the ethics of care, health care in England and Wales, consent to treatment, confidentiality, and medical malpractice. The second part considers the additional issues which arise in relation to specific areas of medical treatment, including infertility treatment and surrogacy, pregnancy and abortion, treating the incompetent, the mentally ill, medical research, organ transplants and euthanasia.