Medical law is a relatively new area of law. It draws on, and overlaps with, many other areas of law such as tort, family law, human rights and criminal law. Apart from this hybrid legal basis it is also informed by bioethical theory. This book draws those elements together to form a comprehensible and succinct overview. The cases - and other relevant material - will be linked by short notes that help to explain and clarify their legal relevance.
The Jurisdiction of Medical Law (Medical Law and Ethics)
Added by: badaboom | Karma: 5366.29 | Non-Fiction, Medicine | 5 October 2010
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The Jurisdiction of Medical Law (Medical Law and Ethics)
This book offers a critical analysis of some of the guiding principles and assumptions that have been central to the development and identity of medical law. Focusing on several key cases in the field - including the 'Dianne Pretty' and 'Conjoined Twins' cases - the book scrutinises the notions of autonomy and human rights and explores the relationship between medical law and moral conflict.
Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie Goodwin, are called in by a consortium of publishers and writers to investigate several cases of false plagiarism, but the probe soon becomes complicated by murder.
Designed to highlight important teaching points, this book is an invaluable tool for physicians in training and clinicians preparing for certification or recertification in internal medicine, or medical clerkship review. It contains 173 cases with 287 color images and ABIM-type multiple-choice review questions, answers, and explanations. The authors present cases as unknowns in random order, mirroring examination and clinical practice conditions. For specialty-specific review, an innovative chain-referencing system links cases throughout the book based on specialty classifications.
