Biomedical Law and Ethics Library
About the Book Series
Scientific and clinical advances, social and political developments and the impact of healthcare on our lives raise profound ethical and legal questions. Medical law and ethics have become central to our understanding of these problems, and are important tools for the analysis and resolution of problems – real or imagined.
In this series, scholars at the forefront of biomedical law and ethics will contribute to the debates in this area, with accessible, thought-provoking, and sometimes controversial ideas. Each book in the series will develop an independent hypothesis and argue cogently for a particular position. One of the major contributions of this series is the extent to which both law and ethics are utilised in the content of the books, and the shape of the series itself.
Euthanasia, Ethics and the Law: From Conflict to Compromise
1st Edition
By Richard Huxtable
September 15, 2007
Euthanasia, Ethics and the Law argues that the law governing the ending of life in England and Wales is unclear, confused and often contradictory. The book shows that the rules are in competition because the ethical principles underlying the rules are also diverse and conflicting. In mounting his ...
Bioethics and the Humanities: Attitudes and Perceptions
1st Edition
By Robin Downie, Jane Macnaughton
May 01, 2007
Critiquing many areas of medical practice and research whilst making constructive suggestions about medical education, this book extends the scope of medical ethics beyond sole concern with regulation. Illustrating some humanistic ways of understanding patients, this volume explores the connections...
Intention and Causation in Medical Non-Killing: The Impact of Criminal Law Concepts on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
1st Edition
By Glenys Williams
April 19, 2007
Analyzing the concepts of intention and causation in euthanasia, this timely new book explores a broad selection of disciplines, including criminal and medical law, medical ethics, philosophy and social policy and suggests an alternative solution to the one currently used by the courts, based on ...
The Harm Paradox: Tort Law and the Unwanted Child in an Era of Choice
1st Edition
By Nicolette Priaulx
December 31, 2006
Offering the first comprehensive theoretical engagement with actions for wrongful conception and birth, The Harm Paradox provides readers with an insightful critique into the concepts of choice, responsibility and personhood. Raising fundamental questions relating to birth, abortion, family ...
Defending the Genetic Supermarket: The Law and Ethics of Selecting the Next Generation
1st Edition
By Colin Gavaghan
December 14, 2006
The controversial topic of the technology of Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis, and the muddled approach to this subject adopted by the UK Parliament, is explored in detail in this volume. The author takes the viewpoint that the HFEA has taken insufficient notice to date of certain core ethical ...
Assisted Dying: Reflections on the Need for Law Reform
1st Edition
By Sheila A.M. McLean
November 30, 2006
Assisted Dying explores the law relating to euthanasia and assisted suicide, tracing its development from prohibition through to the laissez faire attitude adopted in a number of countries in the 21st Century. This book provides an in-depth critique of the arguments surrounding legislative control ...
Human Fertilisation and Embryology: Reproducing Regulation
1st Edition
Edited
By Kirsty Horsey, Hazel Biggs
August 30, 2006
Relevant to students, academics and practitioners across the globe, this original volume highlights contemporary issues associated with assisted reproduction and embryology and critically analyzes the law surrounding human reproduction in the light of case law and technological developments since ...
Impairment and Disability: Law and Ethics at the Beginning and End of Life
1st Edition
By Sheila A.M. McLean, Laura Williamson
April 30, 2006
This book explores legislation intended to protect the interests of people with disabilities or impairments. Considering a broad range of ethical and legal concerns which arise in issues of life, death and disability, it covers the social and legal responses to the equality rights of disabled ...