Medical Ethics and Law

The Core Curriculum

Tony Hope, Julian Savulescu, Judith Hendrick (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

236 Seiten

2003
Churchill Livingstone (Verlag)
978-0-443-06255-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Provides a textbook of medical ethics and law primarily aimed at medical students. This book presents the general principles of medical ethics and appropriate legal background. It concentrates on specific topics of immediate relevance to all within the medical profession.

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This is a short textbook of medical ethics and law primarily aimed at medical students. The content reflects the Consensus Statement of 1998 by teachers of medical ethics in the UK on what should constitute the core curriculum. The first part of the book presents the general principles of medical ethics and appropriate legal background. The second part concentrate on specific topics of immediate relevance to all within the medical profession.

Inhalt

Part 1: Ethical and legal background. Ethical theory. Thinking about ethics. Three core concepts in medical ethics. An introduction to law. Doctors, patients and professions. Part 2. Specific topics. Consent. Confidentiality. Genetics. Reproduction. Children. Mental disorder. End of life. Resource allocation. Medical research.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.1.2003
• Zusatzinfo: 30 ills.
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Gewicht: 370 g
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
• ISBN-10: 0-443-06255-2 / 0443062552
• ISBN-13: 978-0-443-06255-1 / 9780443062551
• Zustand: Neuware