Decision-making and Problems of Incompetence - Couverture rigide

 
9780471942368: Decision-making and Problems of Incompetence
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ISBN 10 : 0471942367 ISBN 13 : 9780471942368
Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

Decision-Making and Problems of Incompetence Edited by Andrew Grubb Reader in Medical Law, Executive Director School of Law and Centre of Medical Law and Ethics. Kings College London, UK The eighth volume in the series of Kings College Studies reflects the central importance in medical law and ethics of decision-making and the incapacitated patient. Drawing on recent court cases in America, Canada and the UK the book discusses areas of increasing social concern, such as the withdrawal of tube feeding from the persistently vegetative patient; the sterilisation of the mentally disabled, and who (if anyone) may decide to consent to medical treatment when a patient is incompetent. The profound and fundamental question of how society deals with and protects its vulnerable members is relevant to all who study medical ethics and the law, and the book will be of particular interest to medical and health care practitioners across all specialities, philosophers, medical sociologists and lawyers.

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Quatrième de couverture

Decision–Making and Problems of Incompetence Edited by Andrew Grubb Reader in Medical Law, Executive Director School of Law and Centre of Medical Law and Ethics. King′s College London, UK The eighth volume in the series of King′s College Studies reflects the central importance in medical law and ethics of decision–making and the incapacitated patient. Drawing on recent court cases in America, Canada and the UK the book discusses areas of increasing social concern, such as the withdrawal of tube feeding from the persistently vegetative patient; the sterilisation of the mentally disabled, and who (if anyone) may decide to consent to medical treatment when a patient is incompetent. The profound and fundamental question of how society deals with and protects its vulnerable members is relevant to all who study medical ethics and the law, and the book will be of particular interest to medical and health care practitioners across all specialities, philosophers, medical sociologists and lawyers.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Prominent international contributors offer profound and fundamental articles about how society deals with and protects its vulnerable members. Reflects the central importance in medical law and ethics of decision–making and the incapacitated patient. Addresses issues in relation to both children and adults.

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Éditeur
John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Date d'édition
1994
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0471942367
ISBN 13 
9780471942368
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
216
Éditeur
Grubb Andrew
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Personne responsable
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