Medical Law in the UK


By Jonathon Herring
January 2009
Longman
Distrubuted by Trans-Atlantic Publications Inc.
ISBN: 9781405874281
160 pages
$28.50 Paper Original


Law Express: Medical Law is designed to help you to relate all the reading and study throughout your course specifically to exam and assignment situations.  Understand quickly what is required, organise your revision, and learn the key points with ease, to get the grades you need.  Tested with examiners and students.

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Guided Tour

Table of cases and statutes

Chapter 1:  Basic Principles of Medical Ethics and Law

Chapter 2:  Rationing

Chapter 3:  Consent to Treatment

Chapter 4:  Confidentiality

Chapter 5:  Medical Negligence

Chapter 6:  Contraception, Abortion and Pregnancy

Chapter 7:  Reproduction

Chapter 8:  Organ Donation and Ownership of Body Parts

Chapter 9:  Death and Dying

Chapter 10:  Mental Health Law

Chapter 11:  Medical Research

And finally, before the exam...

Glossary of terms

Index

Features

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