Medical Ethics and Law A curriculum for the 21st Century

• Main Authors: Wilkinson, Dominic author, Herring, Jonathan (Author), Savulescu, Julian (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Edinburgh Elsevier Limited 2020; ©2020
• Edition: third edition
• Subjects: Medical ethics; Medical laws and legislation > Great Britain.; Legislation, Medical.; Ethics, Medical; Bioethical Issues.; United Kingdom.
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This short textbook of ethics and law is aimed at doctors in training and in practice. Medical ethics and law are now firmly embedded in the curricula of medical schools. The ability to make clinical decisions on the basis of critical reasoning is a skill that is rightly presumed as necessary in tod...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1. Foundations
• Reasoning about ethics
• Ethical theories and perspectives
• Three core concepts in medical ethics : best interests, autonomy and rights
• An introduction to law
• Doctors and patients : relationships and responsiblities
• Part 2. Core topics
• Consent
• Capacity
• Mental health
• Confidentiality
• Resource allocation
• Children and young people
• Disability and disease
• Reproductive medicine
• End of life
• Organ transplantation
• Research
• Part 3. Extensions
• Neuroethics
• Genethics
• Information ethics
• Public health ethics.