Legal Aspects of Medicine Books

New and Published Books

1. Law, Ethics and Professional Issues for Nursing

   A Reflective and Portfolio-Building Approach

   By Herman Wheeler

   This comprehensive new textbook covers core ethical and legal content for pre-registration nursing students. It provides readers with a sound understanding of the interrelationships between the NMC's code of conduct, standards and competencies, ethics and relevant sections of the English legal...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
2. Health Professionals and Trust

   The Cure for Healthcare Law and Policy

   By Mark Henaghan

   Series: Biomedical Law & Ethics Library

   An ever increasing number of codes of conduct, disciplinary bodies, ethics committees and bureaucratic policies now prescribe how health professionals and health researchers relate to their patients. In this book, Mark Henaghan argues that the result of this trend towards heightened regulation has...

   Published October 19th 2011 by Routledge-Cavendish
3. Text, Cases and Materials on Medical Law and Ethics

   4th Edition

   By Marc Stauch, Kay Wheat

   Text, Cases & Materials on Medical Law and Ethics presents a valuable collection of materials relating to this topical and increasingly controversial area of the law. Comprising extracts from statutes, cases and scholarly articles alongside expert author commentary and guidance, Medical Law and...

   Published July 11th 2011 by Routledge
4. Genomic Negligence

   An Interest in Autonomy as the Basis for Novel Negligence Claims Generated by Genetic Technology

   By Victoria Chico

   Series: Biomedical Law & Ethics Library

   Advances in genetic technology will lead to novel legal challenges. This book identifies four potential genomic claims which may be articulated as novel negligence challenges. Each of these claims is considered from the perspective of the English courts’ approach to novel kinds of damage. It is...

   Published April 20th 2011 by Routledge
5. Patient Safety, Law Policy and Practice

   Edited by John Tingle, Pippa Bark

   Patient safety is an issue which in recent years has grown to prominence in a number of countries’ political and health service agendas. The World Health Organisation has launched the World Alliance for Patient Safety. Millions of patients, according to the Alliance, endure prolonged ill-health,...

   Published March 1st 2011 by Routledge
6. Pharmacology, Doping and Sports

   A Scientific Guide for Athletes, Coaches, Physicians, Scientists and Administrators

   Edited by Jean L. Fourcroy

   The work of dope testers is constantly being obstructed by the development of ever harder-to-trace new forms of banned substances. Organisations such as the World Anti-Doping Association and the United States Anti-Doping Agency are pioneering cutting-edge techniques ...

   Published February 4th 2010 by Routledge
7. Autonomy, Consent and the Law

   By Sheila A.M. McLean

   Series: Biomedical Law & Ethics Library

   Autonomy is often said to be the dominant ethical principle in modern bioethics, and it is also important in law. Respect for autonomy is said to underpin the law of consent, which is theoretically designed to protect the right of patients to make decisions based on their own values and for their...

   Published August 16th 2009 by Routledge
8. Values in Medicine

   What are We Really Doing to Patients?

   By Donald Evans

   Series: Biomedical Law & Ethics Library

   Written by a leading proponent of the philosophy and ethics of healthcare, this volume is filled with thought-provoking and frequently controversial ideas and arguments. Accessibly written, it provides readers with a timely contribution to the current literature on medical ethics, in which the...

   Published December 5th 2007 by Routledge-Cavendish
9. Intention and Causation in Medical Non-Killing

   The Impact of Criminal Law Concepts on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

   By Glenys Williams

   Series: Biomedical Law & Ethics Library

   Analyzing the concepts of intention and causation in euthanasia, this timely new book explores a broad selection of disciplines, including criminal and medical law, medical ethics, philosophy and social policy and suggests an alternative solution to the one currently used by the courts, based on...

   Published December 20th 2006 by Routledge-Cavendish
10. Medical Injury Claims in the Netherlands 1980-1990

    By Joseph H. PhD Hubben

    This text offers a comprehensive insight into the management of, and the legal, medical and financial aspects of, medical insurance claims. The co-operation of a number of major insurance companies enabled one third of all medical claims in a ten-year period to be studied....

    Published December 31st 1995 by Taylor & Francis