Depression

Law and Ethics
Herausgeber: Foster, Charles; Herring, Jonathan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

If the law is to regulate the lives of those who suffer from depression, it is vital that lawyers understand the condition. This edited collection outlines the questions that arise from cases of depression by drawing together viewpoints from lawyers, philosophers, clinicians, and first-hand accounts from sufferers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780198801900
• ISBN-10: 0198801904
• Artikelnr.: 48251205

Autorenporträt

Charles Foster is a fellow of Green Templeton College and a practising barrister at Serjeants' Inn Chambers. He is a member of the faculty of law, a senior research associate at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, and a research associate at the Ethox Centre and the Helex Centre, all at the University of Oxford. His books include: Altruism, Welfare and the Law (with Jonathan Herring), Dementia: Law and Ethics (Editor, with Jonathan Herring and Israel Doron), Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction, Human dignity in bioethics and law, and Choosing Life, choosing Death - The Tyranny of Autonomy in Medical Law and Ethics. As a barrister he has been involved in many leading cases in recent years, including the assisted dying litigation in the House of Lords (Purdy) and the Supreme Court (Nicklinson). Jonathan Herring is a professor of law and fellow of Exeter College at the University of Oxford. He has written many books on issues around medical law and ethics, family law, criminal law, care law, and elder law. A full list of his publications can be found at http://www.law.ox.ac.uk/profile/herringj. His books include A Very Short Introduction to Family Law , Criminal Law, and Older People in Law and Society.

Inhaltsangabe

* Part One: Sufferers
* 1: Iain McGilchrist: Depression is not like Anything on Earth
* 2: Jay Griffiths: Tristimania
* 3: Charles Foster: On Being Not Depressed
* Part Two: Clinical
* 4: Phil Cowen: Depression: Symptomatology, Diagnosis, and
Classification
* 5: Theodoros Bargiotas: The Aetiology of Depression
* 6: German E Berrios and Ivana S Marková: A Cultural History of
Depression
* 7: Gemma Lewis and Glyn Lewis: The Epidemiology of Depression
* 8: Anthony James: Depressive Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence
* 9: Julian C Hughes: Depression in the Ill and the Dying
* 10: Hugh Series: The Treatment of Depression: An Overview of the
Physical Options
* 11: Chris Williams and David Osborne: Treatment: An Overview of
Talking Therapies
* Part Three: Ethics
* 12: Richard Ashcroft: Ethics and Depression: A Personal Perspective
* 13: Jesse Wall: Being Yourself: Authentic Decision-making and
Depression
* 14: K W M (Bill) Fulford, David Crepaz-Keay, and Giovanni
Stanghellini: Depressions Plural: Pathology and the Challenge of
Values
* 15: Paul Biegler: Is Treating Depression Just Like Treating
Appendicitis?
* 16: Rebecca Saracino, Melissa Masterson, and Barry Rosenfeld: The
Impact of Depression on Healthcare Decisions: Autonomy, Capacity, and
Competence
* 17: Harry Minas: Depression in the Developing World
* Part Four: Law
* 18: Mary Donnelly: Depression and Consent to Treatment: The Limits of
a Capacity-based Approach
* 19: John Coggon: Depression and Public Health Law: Ethics,
Governance, and the Socio-Political Determinants of Health and
Well-being
* 20: Hugh Series: Legal Regulation of Treatment for Depression
* 21: Arlie Loughnan: Depression in Criminal Law and Process
* 22: Charles Foster: Depression and Civil Liability
* 23: Alan Bogg and Sarah Green: Depression in the Workplace: An
Employment Law Response
* 24: Jonathan Herring: Depression and Children
* 25: Richard Huxtable: Depression and Assisted Dying: Putting the
Black Dog to Sleep?