Mason and McCall Smith's law and medical ethics / created by J.K. Mason and G.T. Laurie

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Medical ethics and medical practice -- Public health and the state-patient relationship -- Health rights and obligations in the European Union -- Consent to treatment -- Liability for medical injury -- Medical confidentiality -- Genetic information and the law -- The management of infertility and childlessness -- The control of fertility -- Civil and criminal liability in reproductive medicine -- Health resources and dilemmas in treatment -- Treatment of the aged -- Mental health and human rights -- The body as property -- Medical futility -- The diagnosis of death -- The donation of organs and transplantation -- Euthanasia and assistance in dying -- Biomedical human research and experimentation -- Research on children, fetuses and embryos.

"This classic textbook has provided students of medical law and ethics with a framework for exploring this fascinating subject for over 25 years. Providing coverage of all the medical law courses, it gives an overview of the interrelationship between ethical medical practice and the law. The authors offer their own opinions on current debates and controversies, and encourage you to formulate your own views and arguments. As a developing discipline, medical law is significantly shaped by the courts; this book provides extensive coverage and insight into the recent judicial decisions as well as statutory developments. This edition continues to take a comparative approach, with a specific chapter on the European dimension in health care and the particular importance attached to this shift in influence from transatlantic jurisdictions to those of the EU. As in previous editions, copious use is made of the Acts of the Scottish Parliament and of Scots common law where they are of benefit in a UK context"--Page [4] of cover