| Description |
1 online resource (183 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Social ethics and policy series
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Social ethics and policy series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-178) and index. |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT? WORKING WITH VERY PREMATURE BABIES; THE ETHICS OF RESEARCH WITH CHILDREN; COMPETENCE AND CONSENT IN PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HANDICAP; COMPETENCE, CONSENT AND PROXY CONSENTS; RESEARCH ON THE VULNERABLE: AN ETHICAL OVERVIEW; STERILIZATION ABUSE: WOMEN AND CONSENT TO TREATMENT; DEPENDENCY REVISITED: THE LIMITS OF AUTONOMY IN MEDICAL ETHICS; SUICIDE AND JUSTIFIED PATERNALISM; INFORMED CONSENT AND THE GHOST OF BOLAM; THE PATIENT'S RIGHT TO INFORMATION. |
| Summary |
A collection of essays that discuss, within medical practice, the ethical problems thrown up by the conflict between the individual's right to autonomy and the need to protect the interests of vulnerable groups such as the mentally handicapped or premature babies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Medical ethics.
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Medical ethics. |
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Informed consent (Medical law)
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Informed consent (Medical law) |
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Physician and patient.
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Physician and patient. |
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Ethics, Medical. |
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Patient Participation. |
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Informed Consent. |
| Indexed Term |
Health services Ethics |
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Health services Ethics |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Brazier, Margaret.
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Lobjoit, Mary, 1933-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Protecting the vulnerable. London ; New York : Routledge, 1991 0415046971 (DLC) 91018609 (OCoLC)23732111 |
| ISBN |
0203981464 (electronic book) |
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9780203981467 (electronic book) |
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9780415046978 (hardback) |
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0415046971 (hardback) |
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0415046971 (cloth) |
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