Healthcare Decision-Making and the Law - Autonomy, Capacity and the Limits of Liberalism

Informationen zum Autor Dr Mary Donnelly is a Senior Lecturer at the Law Faculty, University College Cork, where she teaches medical law at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Klappentext A critical evaluation of the law's engagement with the process of healthcare decision-making, and how the relationship might be enhanced. Zusammenfassung This analysis of the ethical and legal basis for healthcare decision-making provides detailed analysis of the legal position in England and Wales together with substantial discussion of comparative material! especially from the United States! and a strong human rights focus. It is intended for lawyers! ethicists and medical professionals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Autonomy: variations on a principle; 2. Autonomy in the law; 3. Capacity: the gatekeeper for autonomy; 4. Capacity assessment in practice; 5. Autonomy, rights and decision-making for people lacking capacity; 6. Treatment for a mental disorder: a case apart; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Donnelly, Mary (University College Cork) Donnelly
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.2010
• EAN: 9780521118316
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11831-6
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Cambridge Law, Medicine and Et; Cambridge Law, Medicine and Et; Cambridge Law, Medicine and Ethics
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous