Lecture Notes: Medical Law and Ethics - Softcover

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Dr Philip Howard is a Consultant Physician at the Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust. As part of his role he is also a Senior Lecturer in Medicine at St George's Hospital Medical School and runs the popular Special Study Module in Medical Ethics and Law at the medical school.

James Bogle is a practising barrister at the Inner Temple in London. He also teaches on the St George's Medical Ethics and Law SSM. He has been involved in high profile cases that have set important precedents in medical law and ethics, for example he was instructed Counsel in the Dianne Pretty case.

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Lecture Notes: Medical Law and Ethics introduces the legal framework related to medicine and discusses the ethics surrounding these issues.

The content is divided into:

• Sources of medical law and ethics
  
• Consent, confidentiality and clinical negligence
  
• Mental health
  
• Issues describing the law and discussing the ethics in relation to abortion, reproductive technology, surrogacy and end-of-life issues
  
• Maintaining professional standards
  
• Doctors rights

In addition the appendix provides further information and guidance including:

• Philosophers who have influenced medical ethics
  
• Further reading
  
• How to access legal reference material
  
• Case law
  
• Statutes

Lecture Notes: Medical Law and Ethics is written specifically for medical students, junior doctors, general practitioners and allied health professionals. This text allows the reader to understand the law and legal implications and clearly outlines the difference between law and ethics.