Alasdair Maclean

Autonomy, Informed Consent and Medical Law

A Relational Challenge

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Produktbeschreibung

Alasdair Maclean examines the ethical basis for consent to medical treatment and offers proposals for reform.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9781107625419
• ISBN-10: 1107625416
• Artikelnr.: 40045685

Autorenporträt

Having qualified in medicine and worked clinically in both England and New Zealand, Alasdair Maclean studied law and became a lecturer in medical law at the University of Glasgow. He is now a senior lecturer at the University of Dundee.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: 1. Autonomy
2. The relevance of beneficence, justice and virtue
3. The healthcare professional-patient relationship: setting the context for consent
4. The concept of consent - what it is and what it isn't
Part II. Consent and the Law: 5. The legal regulation of consent
6. Rationalising the law and ethics of consent
7. Constructing consent - future regulation and the practice of healthcare
Summary and conclusion.