Abortion, Doctors and the Law - Some Aspects of Legal Regulation of Abortion in England From 1803 to

Zusammenfassung Ranging from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the 1980s! this book focusses on the evolution of the law and medical practice of abortion in England. Dr Keown considers the performance of abortion by doctors! and the influence the medical profession had on the restriction of the law in the nineteenth century and on its relaxation in the twentieth. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of cases; Table of statutes; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The first statutory prohibition of abortion: Lord Ellenborough's Act 1803; 2. Anti-abortion legislation 1803-1861 and medical influence thereon; 3. Abortion in legal theory and medical practice before 1938; 4. The medical profession and the enactment of the Abortion Act 1967; 5. The Abortion Act 1967 and the performance of abortion by the medical profession 1968-1982; 6. The reaction of the medical profession to proposed restriction of the law 1969-1979; 7. A theoretical overview; Appendices; Notes; Subject index; Name index.

Product details

• Authors: John Keown, Keown John
• Assisted by: Colin Jones (Editor), Charles Rosenberg (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.06.2002
• EAN: 9780521894135
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89413-5
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Cambridge Studies in the Histo; Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; England, Wales, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / Criminal Law / General, MEDICAL / Ethics, Criminal law & procedure, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Human rights, civil rights, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Wales / Cymru