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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cambridge bioethics and law
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Cambridge bioethics and law.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Courtrooms, 'physic' and drama: the 'criminal process' and the regulation of medicine before 1858 -- Crime, doctors and the body (politic) -- From 'theatre' to the dock via the mortuary -- Protecting life before birth? -- Medical (and non-medical) ending of life: criminal responsibility and the (ir)relevance of motivation -- Which twin lives? Jodie and Mary (Gracie and Rosie) -- Drawing connections: moral philosophy, (political) liberalism, responsibility and the theatre of interpretation -- Parallels and disconnects: bioethical principles, principles of criminalisation and the rule of law. |
| Summary |
To date, little analysis exists of the criminal process's roles as a regulator of medical practice and as an arbiter of bioethics, nor whether criminal law is an appropriate forum for judging ethical medical dilemmas. The conscription of criminal law into moral controversy and the (perceived) rise in criminal investigations of medical errors sets the backdrop for this innovative historical and theoretical analysis of the relationship between medicine, bioethics and the criminal process. Case studies on abortion, end of life and the separation of conjoined twins reveal how judges grapple with bioethics in criminal cases and the impact of 'theatre' on the criminal law's response to ethically controversial medical cases. A central argument is that bioethics and criminal law are not necessarily incompatible; rather, it is the theatre surrounding interactions between bioethics and criminal law that often distorts and creates tension. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Physicians -- Malpractice -- Criminal provisions.
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Physicians -- Malpractice -- Criminal provisions. |
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Physicians -- Malpractice. |
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Bioethics.
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Bioethics. |
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Criminal law -- Philosophy.
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Criminal law -- Philosophy. |
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Medical errors -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Medical errors. |
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Medical care -- Law and legislation -- Criminal provisions.
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Medical care -- Law and legislation -- Criminal provisions. |
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Medical care -- Law and legislation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Criminal law. |
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Medical care. |
| Added Author |
Ost, Suzanne.
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| Added Title |
Medicine and bioethics in the theatre of the criminal process |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Brazier, Margaret. Bioethics, medicine and the criminal law. Volume 3. Medicine and bioethics in the theatre of the criminal process. Cambridge, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, ©2013 9781107018259 (DLC) 2012046427 |
| ISBN |
9781107336544 (electronic book) |
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1107336546 (electronic book) |
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1139087541 (electronic book) |
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9781139087544 (electronic book) |
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9781107018259 (hardback) |
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1107018250 (hardback) |
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