Product Description

Exceptional in the clarity of its explanations, Medical Law and Ethics not only provides coverage of all the important cases, statutes and legal principles but also looks at different ethical viewpoints, including feminist, religious, critical and sociological. Readers are therefore given a firm grounding in the legal principles of medical law, whilst also being encouraged to understand and think about the tensions and debates within its wider social context. In this second edition, boxed features place more emphasis on EU perspectives, and further information on 'hot topics' such as medical genetics and prenatal intelligence, PGD and tissue typing is provided. Detailed and analytical enough for both undergraduate and postgraduate law students, and clear enough to be used by students approaching the subject from a non-legal background, this book gives a user-friendly and thorough introduction to medical law and ethics. Key features Boxes throughout the text highlight different ethical viewpoints, EU perspectives, key cases and real-life examples of the law in action. Each chapter ends with a clear summary of the present law Further reading lists and end-of-chapter questions help students to further their studies and test their knowledge. Online Resource Centre Accompanied by an Online Resource Centre providing regular updates to the law and weblinks.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #200736 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 720 pages

About the Author
Jonathan Herring received a BA in Jurisprudence and a BCL at Oxford. He is a qualified (non-practising) solicitor. He has been a Fellow in Law and Director of Studies at New Hall, Cambridge and a Lecturer in Law at Christ Church, Oxford. He is presently a Fellow at Exeter College where he has been since 1999.

Customer Reviews

Use in nursing
This has book proved to be an invaluable tool when writing 'Law and Ethics' essays as part of BSc nursing degrees. It is easy to read, written in user-friendly English, and is one of the best reference books for nurses interested in the subject.

Medical Law and Ethics
An invaluable book for my daughter in the third year of her nursing course to help her with her assignment on medical law and ethics.

Star buy for law students on medical law or postgrad courses
I've used this book as a reference for the law and ethical issues surrounding consent to the removal of human tissue after death and have found it to be informative and incredibly useful. The book refers to the latest laws, and even refers to laws yet to be implemented. It's very well written and explores various topical issues.