Medical Law and Ethics

Ninth Edition

Jonathan Herring

• A concise text providing discussion of the law and an overview of the ethical perspectives, ensuring that readers are able to fully understand the law and its context
• Jonathan Herring's lively and captivating writing style brings this highly topical aspect of law to life, while remaining closely tailored to course requirements, and as a result this book is the perfect study companion
• Carefully created features throughout the text draw attention to the many diverging opinions in medical law, including religious, feminist, and European perspectives, to ensure that readers develop a fully rounded appreciation of the complexities of the subject
• As the most regularly updated medical law text, you can be confident that the book takes account of the most recent developments in this extremely fast moving subject area
• Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support

New to this Edition:

• Thoroughly updated to cover all the latest developments in the areas of medical negligence; capacity and Gillick competence; medical decisions for children; reproduction; end-of-life decisions; and abortion law
• Discussion of the issues raised for medical law and ethics by the COVID pandemic
• A new chapter specifically looking at the medical treatment of children
• Updated coverage of recent case law, including: Barnsley Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v MSP; Bell v Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust; Khan v Meadows; R (British Pregnancy Advisory Service) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care; R (Cotter) v NICE; Re H (A Child) (Parental Responsibility: Vaccination); Re M (declaration of death of child); Re PW (Jehovah's Witness: Validity of Advance Decision); Schembri v Marshall; Toombes v Mitchell; University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust v NZ

Medical Law and Ethics

Ninth Edition

Jonathan Herring

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Medical Law and Ethics

Ninth Edition

Jonathan Herring

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Medical Law and Ethics

Ninth Edition

Jonathan Herring

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