Autonomy, Informed Consent and Medical Law

A Relational Challenge

Alasdair Maclean (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

316 Seiten

2013
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-62541-9 (ISBN)

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Alasdair Maclean examines the ethical basis for consent to medical treatment, arguing that consent should be approached in the context of the healthcare professional-patient relationship. Suggestions for reform are compared with the possible future development of the law if Neil Manson and Onora O'Neill's model of genuine consent is implemented.

Alasdair Maclean analyses the ethical basis for consent to medical treatment, providing both an extensive reconsideration of the ethical issues and a detailed examination of English law. Importantly, the analysis is given a context by situating consent at the centre of the healthcare professional-patient relationship. This allows the development of a relational model that balances the agency of the two parties with their obligations that arise from that relationship. That relational model is then used to critique the current legal regulation of consent. To conclude, Alasdair Maclean considers the future development of the law and contrasts the model of relational consent with Neil Manson and Onora O'Neill's recent proposal for a model of genuine consent.

Having qualified in medicine and worked clinically in both England and New Zealand, Alasdair Maclean studied law and became a lecturer in medical law at the University of Glasgow. He is now a senior lecturer at the University of Dundee.

Introduction; Part I: 1. Autonomy; 2. The relevance of beneficence, justice and virtue; 3. The healthcare professional-patient relationship: setting the context for consent; 4. The concept of consent - what it is and what it isn't; Part II. Consent and the Law: 5. The legal regulation of consent; 6. Rationalising the law and ethics of consent; 7. Constructing consent - future regulation and the practice of healthcare; Summary and conclusion.

Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Law, Medicine and Ethics
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	430 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medizinrecht
ISBN-10	1-107-62541-6 / 1107625416
ISBN-13	978-1-107-62541-9 / 9781107625419
Zustand	Neuware