Revisiting Landmark Cases in Medical Law

Drawing on legal developments in the UK, US, and other jurisdictions, this book revisits a selection of leading cases in medical law, and argues that while the judgments in each came to the correct conclusion, many issues were left unaddressed, and have led to avoidable confusion.

List of contents

1. The rationale and method of revisiting medical law cases; 2. Adams: life-shortening pain relief; 3. Gillick: consent from a child; 4. Bland: patients in a vegetative state; 5. Re MB: refusal of treatment in late pregnancy; 6 Conclusion: revisiting five further cases

About the author

Shaun D. Pattinson is Professor of Medical Law and Ethics and was the founding Director of Durham CELLS (Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences) at Durham University, UK. His publications include two sole authored books, Influencing Traits Before Birth (Ashgate, 2002; reissued 2017) and Medical Law and Ethics (5th edn Sweet & Maxwell, 2017), and a book co-edited with Patrick Capps, Ethical Rationalism and the Law (Hart Publishing, 2017). He is a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, which is the UK’s leading bioethics committee, Fellow of both the Royal Society of Arts and Royal Society of Biology, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Summary

Drawing on legal developments in the UK, US, and other jurisdictions, this book revisits a selection of leading cases in medical law, and argues that while the judgments in each came to the correct conclusion, many issues were left unaddressed, and have led to avoidable confusion.

Product details

• Authors: Shaun D. Pattinson, Shaun D. (Durham University Pattinson, Pattinson Shaun D.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.10.2018
• EAN: 9781138808331
• ISBN: 978-1-138-80833-1
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: Biomedical Law and Ethics Library; Biomedical Law and Ethics Library
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; Sociology, LAW / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, LAW / Ethics & Professional Responsibility, LAW / Medical Law & Legislation, Family Law, Ethics and moral philosophy, Medical & healthcare law, Medical Sociology, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Medicolegal issues, Medical and healthcare law