TY - BOOK AU - Pattinson,Shaun D. TI - Medical law and ethics SN - 9780414060272 AV - KD3395 PAT PY - 2017/// PB - Sweet & Maxwell KW - Medical ethics KW - Great Britain KW - Medical laws and legislation KW - Law and ethics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Medical ethics -- NHS Structure and resource allocation -- Clinical negligence -- Consent I: Information, voluntariness and public policy -- Consent II: capacity and mental health -- Medical confidentiality and data protection -- Abortion -- Reproductive technologies -- Prenatal negligence -- Embryo research, embryonic stem cells and cloning -- Clinical research -- Transplantation I: living and deceased donors -- Transplantation II: payment, alternatives and property -- Endo of life decisions I: the law -- End of life decisions II: ethical controversy -- A moral approach to medical law N2 - "Medical Law and Ethics provides coverage of the major topics of medical law and ethics, combining detailed legal description and analysis with moral theory and philosophy. It considers the wider contextual pressures facing the law, such as the impact of patient consumerism and the changing perceptions of medicine." ER -