Medicine and Law
Seiten
2014
OUP India (Verlag)
978-0-19-808288-0 (ISBN)
OUP India (Verlag)
978-0-19-808288-0 (ISBN)
This book analyses a variety of issues concerning medicine and the application of law governing its practice, education, and research. The author addresses them in the light of recent developments in technology and views them from a comparative perspective by focusing on Indian case law and jurisdictions from other countries.
This book analyses various issues concerning the application of law to the field of medical practice, education, and research from a global perspective with particular focus on India. The volume, analytical in approach and comprehensive in coverage, ought to evoke vital public interest in that it examines technological advancements in the medical field that have legal, social, and ethical implications. The issues, including organ transplant, euthanasia, surrogacy and abortion, sex selection, the concept of consent, clinical trials, designer babies, cosmetic enhancement and confidentiality, are common to all countries but vary in their moral perception due to diverse cultural underpinnings of each country. The author adopts an interdisciplinary approach combining law with medicine to address these issues. This book is also a comparative study with a special focus on Indian case law and jurisdictions from other countries including the US and the UK.
This book analyses various issues concerning the application of law to the field of medical practice, education, and research from a global perspective with particular focus on India. The volume, analytical in approach and comprehensive in coverage, ought to evoke vital public interest in that it examines technological advancements in the medical field that have legal, social, and ethical implications. The issues, including organ transplant, euthanasia, surrogacy and abortion, sex selection, the concept of consent, clinical trials, designer babies, cosmetic enhancement and confidentiality, are common to all countries but vary in their moral perception due to diverse cultural underpinnings of each country. The author adopts an interdisciplinary approach combining law with medicine to address these issues. This book is also a comparative study with a special focus on Indian case law and jurisdictions from other countries including the US and the UK.
K. Kannan is Judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh, India.
PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1. MEDICAL EDUCATION; 2. MEDICAL ETHICS; 3. CONSENT; 4. DOCTOR IN COURTS; 5. MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE; 6. ASSISTED REPRODUCTION; 7. SEX SELECTION AND MEDICAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY; 8. MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PATENTS; 9. ORGAN TRANSPLANT; 10. SEXUALITY: THE OTHER SIDE; 11. COSMETIC ENHANCEMENT AND MAGIC REMEDIES; 12. MEDICAL INSURANCE; 13. JOINING THE LOOSE ENDS; INDEX
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.5.2014 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New Delhi |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 149 x 219 mm |
| Gewicht | 774 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-808288-6 / 0198082886 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-808288-0 / 9780198082880 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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