Autonomy, Informed Consent and Medical Law - A Relational Challenge

Alasdair Maclean examines the ethical basis for consent to medical treatment and offers proposals for reform.

List of contents

Introduction; Part I: 1. Autonomy; 2. The relevance of beneficence, justice and virtue; 3. The healthcare professional-patient relationship: setting the context for consent; 4. The concept of consent - what it is and what it isn't; Part II. Consent and the Law: 5. The legal regulation of consent; 6. Rationalising the law and ethics of consent; 7. Constructing consent - future regulation and the practice of healthcare; Summary and conclusion.

About the author

Having qualified in medicine and worked clinically in both England and New Zealand, Alasdair Maclean studied law and became a lecturer in medical law at the University of Glasgow. He is now a senior lecturer at the University of Dundee.

Summary

Alasdair Maclean examines the ethical basis for consent to medical treatment, arguing that consent should be approached in the context of the healthcare professional-patient relationship. Suggestions for reform are compared with the possible future development of the law if Neil Manson and Onora O'Neill's model of genuine consent is implemented.

Product details

• Authors: Alasdair Maclean, Alasdair (University of Dundee) Maclean, Maclean Alasdair
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.12.2013
• EAN: 9781107625419
• ISBN: 978-1-107-62541-9
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Cambridge Law, Medicine and Et; Cambridge Law, Medicine and Ethics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; LAW / Health, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Medical & healthcare law, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Medicolegal issues, Medical and healthcare law