John Keown

Gebundenes Buch

The Law and Ethics of Medicine

Essays on the Inviolability of Human Life

Beschreibung

The principle of the sanctity of life is key to the law governing medical practice and professional medical ethics. It is also widely misunderstood. This book clarifies the principle and considers how it influences the law governing abortion; 'test-tube' babies; euthanasia; feeding patients in persistent vegetative states; and palliative treatment.

Autor

John Keown DCL, holds the Rose Kennedy Chair in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University, one of the world's premier centres of research into ethics. Having graduated in law from Cambridge he took a doctorate at Oxford and was then called to the Bar of England and Wales. Before being elected to the Rose Kennedy Chair he taught the law and ethics of medicine in the Faculty of Law at Cambridge, where he was a Fellow of Queens' College and of Churchill College. Professor Keown has written widely in the field of the law and ethics of medicine. His research has been cited by distinguished bodies worldwide, including the United States Supreme Court, the Law Lords, the House of Commons, the House of Lords Select Committee on Medical Ethics, and the Australian Senate, one of several bodies before which he has been invited to testify. He has served as a member of the ethics committee of the British Medical Association.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 787g
• ISBN-13: 9780199589555
• ISBN-10: 0199589550
• Artikelnr.: 34554453