Mason & McCall Smith's law and medical ethics /

Mason, J. K.

Mason & McCall Smith's law and medical ethics / Law and medical ethics Kenyon Mason, G.T. Laurie ; with a chapter by M. Aziz. - 7th ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xlvi, 774 p. ; 25 cm.

Rev. ed. of: Law and medical ethics / J.K. Mason, R.A. McCall Smith, G.T. Laurie. 6th ed. c2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Medical ethics and medical practice -- Public health and the state patient relationship -- Health rights and obligations in the European Union -- The management of infertility and childlessness -- The control of fertility -- Civil and criminal liability in reproductive medicine -- Genetic information and the law -- Medical confidentiality -- Liability for medical injury -- Consent to treatment -- Health resources and dilemmas in treatment -- Treatment of the aged -- The diagnosis of death -- The donation of organs and transplantation -- The body as property -- Medical futility -- Euthanasia -- Biomedical human research and experimentation -- Research on children, fetuses and embryos -- Mental health and human rights.

97801992395

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Medical laws and legislation.
Medical ethics.

K3601 / .M38 2005

344.041