Tovey, Gwyn.

Medical law / by Gwyn Tovey. - London : Sweet and Maxwell, 2008. - xvii, 309 p. ; 22 cm. - Nutcases . - Nutcases. .

Includes index.

1. The modern NHS. 2. The doctor-patient relationship. 3. Medical ethics. 4. Consent to treatment. 5. Mental health law. 6. Confidentiality. 7. Medical negligence. 8. Contraception and sterilisation. 9. Assisted reproduction. 10. Pregnancy and abortion. 11. Childbirth; civil liaibility to a child born with congenital disabilities; and life-or-death decision-making in respect of severely handicapped newborn babies. 12. Research. 13. Organ transplants. 14. The management of dying: exercising autonomy (the 'right to die'), assisted suicide and euthanasia. - Index.

9781847030030 (pbk.) 1847030033 (pbk.)


Medical laws and legislation--Great Britain--Cases.

344.42041 / TOV