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Informationen zum Autor Melanie Latham, Reader in Law, Manchester Metropolitan University. Jean V. McHale, Professor of Health Care Law, University of Birmingham. Zusammenfassung This book examines the legal, ethical and regulatory debates surrounding the rise of the cosmetic procedures industry. Inhaltsverzeichnis TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface and Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Cosmetic Procedures: Histories, Risks and Responses Introduction Historical Background to Cosmetic Procedures and their Regulation Cosmetic Procedures: Scandals, Risks and Responses. Conclusions and Framework of the book Chapter 2: Cosmetic Procedures: Ethical Principles and Dilemmas Introduction Personal choice, autonomy and feminist ethics The culture of cosmetic procedures A matter of agency Cosmetic Procedures and a matter of Beneficence Cosmetic Procedures- a question of "do no harm" Harms and discrimination Harms: children and adults lacking mental capacity Cosmetic Procedures: a question of Justice? Conclusions Chapter 3: Theories and Models for Future Regulation Introduction Self-Regulation and Compliance mechanisms The rise of agencies Regulation responsive to risk Lessons from Current Regulatory Models from the UK Health sector. Regulatory oversight of healthcare providers: The Care Quality Commission Regulatory oversight of health professional bodies: The Professional Standards Authority. Regulatory bodies for a specific area of healthcare activity: Case study of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and the Human Tissue Authority Conclusions Chapter 4: Cosmetic Procedures and the Law: Autonomy and Legality Introduction Consent to Involvement in Cosmetic Procedures and the Criminal Law Consent and the medical exception Prosecuting "Cosmetic" procedures outside "the medical exception"- the case of R v BM The Criminal Law and Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery The reality of consent to surgery and the criminal law: the case of Ian Paterson Informed Consent: Cosmetic Procedures and the Law of Tort Capacity, Adults and children and consent to cosmetic procedures Conclusions Chapter 5: Cosmetic Procedures, Law Safety, Products and People Introduction Liability of Practitioners for Harm caused to the Consumer Liability in Contract Liability in Negligence Accountability and the "fly in- fly out" practitioner The effectiveness of litigation as a remedy and the use of arbitration Liability in Criminal Law for gross negligence manslaughter Safety of products used in cosmetic procedures Regulating Product Safety Liability for Defective Products Safety of premises Professional Regulation of Providers of Cosmetic Procedures Role of the General Medical Council in providing guidance on Cosmetic Procedures. Role of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Movement to more comprehensive oversight and regulation European Standards for Aesthetic Surgery Services The Joint Council for Regulation of Cosmetic Procedures Establishment and Scope Scotland and the Regulation of Cosmetic Procedures and Practitioners. Advert...
