Medical Law
A Very Short Introduction
$27.94
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
11 March 2013
Summary
Medical law is concerned with our bodies, and what happens to them during and after our lives. When things go wrong with our bodies, we want to know what our rights are, and what governs the conduct of the clinicians into whose hands we put our lives and limbs. Dealing with matters of life and death, it can therefore have a fundamental impact on medical practice.
Headlines in the media often involve the core issues of medical law - organ transplantation, abortion, withdrawal of treatm…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199660445 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199660441 |
| Author: | Charles Foster |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 11 March 2013 |
| Weight: | 126g |
| Dimensions: | 174mm x 112mm x 4mm |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
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About The Author
Charles Foster
Charles Foster is a Fellow of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, a tutor in medical law and ethics at the University of Oxford, and a barrister (practising in medical law) at Outer Temple Chambers, London. He read law and veterinary medicine at the University of Cambridge. He is the author, editor or contributor to over thirty five books.
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