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Medical Law

Text, Cases, and Materials

Fourth Edition

Emily Jackson

June 2016

ISBN: 9780198743507

1,064 pages
Paperback
246x189mm

Text, Cases, and Materials

Price: £37.99

Offers the most comprehensive discussion of the law and its ethical context using extracts from a wide range of cases and materials to encourage thoughtful debate.

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Medical Law: Text, Cases, and Materials offers all of the explanation, commentary, and extracts from cases and key materials that students need to gain a thorough understanding of this complex topic.

  • Extracts from a wide variety of academic materials ensure students acquire an overview of a range of different perspectives
  • Insightful author commentary and detailed analysis ensures that students gain a thorough understanding of the ethical context in which the law operates
  • Central Issues sections at the start of each chapter outline the key concepts covered, and further reading sections at the end provide guidance on further sources for research

New to this edition

  • Coverage of important new cases, including Montgomery and Lanarkshire Health Board, Cheshire West and Chester Council v P, Doogan v Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board, R (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice, and Aintree University Hospitals Foundation Trust v James
  • Coverage of the implementation of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
  • A new section on public health law
  • Description and analysis of the considerable body of Mental Capacity Act case law since the third edition
  • Coverage of the implications of the Cheshire West decision for the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), and the Law Commission's proposals for replacing DoLS
  • Coverage of EU General Data Protection Regulation, EU Clinical Trials Regulation, and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015
  • Description and analysis of the recent case law on surrogacy, and the implications of overseas surrogacy arrangements

About the Author(s)

Emily Jackson, Professor of Law, London School of Economics

Table of Contents

    1: An introduction to bioethics
    2: The provision of health care services: the NHS, resource allocation, and public health
    3: Medical malpractice
    4: Consent I: Understanding
    5: Consent II: Capacity and voluntariness
    6: Mental health law
    7: Confidentiality
    8: Genetic information
    9: Clinical research
    10: The regulation of medicines
    11: Organ transplantation
    12: Embryo and stem cell research
    13: Abortion
    14: Liability for occurrences before birth
    15: Assisted conception
    16: Surrogacy
    17: End-of-life decisions

Reviews

The great thing about this book is that it is scholarly and extremely accessible...the author has combined accessibility with academic rigour. - Margaret Brazier, Professor of Law, University of Manchester

Additional Resources

Online updates to the law are regularly provided. The ORC also includes a searchable glossary of medical and legal terms.

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