Child As Vulnerable Patient Protection and Empowerment

This volume examines the particular ethical and legal issues raised by children in the health care setting and considers the key areas of concern in relation to the balance between protecting the welfare of the young and their rights to autonomy.

About the author

Lynn Hagger is a lecturer in Law at the University of Sheffield. Her research interests lie in health care generally and children's rights in particular. In addition to her legal career, Lynn also has a long-term non-executive involvement in the NHS where she has provided law and ethics training for a broad range of health professionals. For the last five years she has been Chairperson of the Sheffield Children's NHS Trust.

Summary

This volume examines the particular ethical and legal issues raised by children in the health care setting and considers the key areas of concern in relation to the balance between protecting the welfare of the young and their rights to autonomy.

Product details

• Authors: Lynn Hagger, Hagger Lynn
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 06.06.2019
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9781138376465
• ISBN: 978-1-138-37646-5
• Pages: 268
• Series: Medical Law and Ethics
• Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, MEDICAL / Public Health, LAW / Family Law / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, LAW / International, LAW / Public, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, LAW / Medical Law & Legislation, LAW / Jurisprudence, Personal & public health, Social Work, Ethics & moral philosophy, Family Law, Ethics and moral philosophy, Jurisprudence & general issues, Medical & healthcare law, Personal and public health / health education, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Medical and healthcare law, Jurisprudence and general issues, Paediatric bioethics, parental responsibility law, medical consent minors, children's rights medical decision making, child medical confidentiality, clinical negligence children, genetic counselling ethics