Main description:

Medical law is fast becoming an important part of the undergraduate syllabus. This new edition, previously entitled "Sourcebook on Medical Law", draws together a wide range of essential material, including extracts from statutes, cases and academic commentary, and presents them in a lucid and logical form. Divided into two parts, the first looks at the general principles that permeate medical law, and features chapters on illness and the ethics of care, health care in England and Wales, consent to treatment, confidentiality, and medical malpractice. The second part considers the additional issues which arise in relation to specific areas of medical treatment, including infertility treatment and surrogacy, pregnancy and abortion, treating the incompetent, the mentally ill, medical research, organ transplants and euthanasia. This new edition has been fully updated to take account of recent developments in this dynamic area of the law, including two major pieces of legislation: the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Human Tissue Act 2004.
A significant amount of new case law is examined, including the House of Lords decisions in Chester v Afshar and Gregg v Scott, and the Court of Appeal decision in R (on the application of Burke) v GMC and others. Essential reading for those studying medical law, this text is also a useful reference for those studying medicine.

Contents:

Ethics and Medicine; Health Care in England and Wales; Consent to Treatment: Treating the Incompetent Patient; Confidentiality and Access to Medical Records; Medical Malpractice; Assisted Reproduction; Pregnancy and Abortion; Mental Health Law; Medical Research; Organ Transplantation; Euthanasia.