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Medical ethics and law: a curriculum for the 21st century / by Dominic Wilkinson, Jonathan Herring and Julian Savulescu

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Edinburgh: Elsevier, 2020.Edition: 3rd edDescription: 357 pagesISBN:
  • 9780702075964
Subject(s):
Contents:
PART 1: Foundations -- 1. Reasoning about ethics -- 2. Ethical theories and perspectives -- 3. Three core concepts in medical ethics: best interests, autonomy and rights -- 4. An introduction to law -- 5. Doctors and patients: relationships and responsibilities -- PART 2: Core topics -- 6. Consent -- 7. Capacity -- 8. Mental health -- 9. Confidentiality -- 10. Resource allocation -- 11. Children and young people -- 12. Disability and disease -- 13. Reproductive medicine -- 14. End of life -- 15. Organ transplantation and definitions of death -- 16. Research -- PART 3: Extensions -- 17. Neuroethics -- 18. Genethics -- 19. Information ethics -- 20. Public health ethics
Holdings
Item type Home library Class number Status Date due Barcode
Book, Standard Loan (4 weeks) Mersey and West Lancashire NHS Library (Southport and Ormskirk) Sanderson Library Ormskirk W 50 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SOH00001182

PART 1: Foundations -- 1. Reasoning about ethics -- 2. Ethical theories and perspectives -- 3. Three core concepts in medical ethics: best interests, autonomy and rights -- 4. An introduction to law -- 5. Doctors and patients: relationships and responsibilities -- PART 2: Core topics -- 6. Consent -- 7. Capacity -- 8. Mental health -- 9. Confidentiality -- 10. Resource allocation -- 11. Children and young people -- 12. Disability and disease -- 13. Reproductive medicine -- 14. End of life -- 15. Organ transplantation and definitions of death -- 16. Research -- PART 3: Extensions -- 17. Neuroethics -- 18. Genethics -- 19. Information ethics -- 20. Public health ethics