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Informed Consent and Clinician Accountability
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 57.00Leading international specialists evaluate the ethical and social implications of new developments in reporting surgeon performance. more...
Legal Perspectives on Bioethics
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 39.95Issues in bioethics often turn, at least in part, on the law and regulatory requirements. Consisting of chapters that address particular bioethics topics from the law?s perspective, this fascinating book includes: an introduction to the American legal system papers identifying the principal ways in which the law influences discussions and decisions... more...
Medical Ethics and Medical Law
Hart Publishing Limited 2007; US$ 54.00Medical law and ethics are frequently referred to in conjunction, and appear together in many textbooks. But do they combine to form a cohesive unit, and do they benefit each other? This book examines this relationship, and how the law sees medical ethics. It considers whether medical ethics functions in the way that the law thinks that it does. more...
Human Rights and Healthcare
Hart Publishing Limited 2007; US$ 61.20Almost all issues traditionally taught under a "medical law" label have significant human rights issues inherent within them. This book looks at medical law from a human rights perspective, including established fundamental rights issues such as: the right to life; the right to respect for a private life; the right to physical integrity;... more...
Choosing Between Possible Lives
Hart Publishing Limited 2007; US$ 108.00Examines the ethical and legal issues about 'choosing' babies. more...
Death Rites and Rights
Hart Publishing Limited 2007; US$ 75.60What is the meaning of death in contemporary Britain, and in other cultures, and how has it changed over time? This is a collection of essays which tackle the diverse ways in which death is experienced in modern society. more...
International Handbook on Psychopathic Disorders and the Law
Wiley 2008; US$ 175.00Reflecting the work of an international panel of experts, the International Handbook on Psychopathic Disorders and the Law offers an in-depth and multidisciplinary look at key aspects of the development and etiology of psychopathic disorders, current methods of intervention, treatment and management, and how these disorders impact decision making in... more...
Children with Mental Disorder and the Law
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2008; US$ 49.95This book provides a guide to the law relating to mental health care for children and young people, and discusses important issues in clinical and social care practice such as parental responsibility, Gillick competency and capacity, emergency intervention and detention, assessment of mental illness and confidentiality in practice. more...
Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes and Unusual Sexual Practices
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 115.95From sexual abuse and fetishism to necrophilia and sadomasochism, this book identifies fourteen classifications of sexual pathologies. It presents detailed comparisons of legal and medical definitions, historical aspects, incidence, and geographical prevalence, as well as potential causes, etiological theories, and psychopathology. more...
The Health Care Power of Attorney and Living Will
Harvard Health Publications 2010; US$ 18.00Many people shy away from preparing a health care power of attorney or living will, perhaps because its difficult to ponder death, or they arent sure what their end-of-life wishes are, or dont know how to go about doing it. But taking some time to think about what kinds of medical treatment you would or wouldnt want if you were... more...









