Autonomy, Consent and the Law

Autonomy, Consent and the Law
Author: Sheila A.M. McLean
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2009-09-10
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1135219052

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The notion that consent based on the concept of autonomy, underpins a good or beneficent medical intervention is deeply rooted in the jurisprudence of most countries throughout the world. Autonomy, Consent and the Law examines these notions in the UK, Australia and the US, and critiques the way in which autonomy and consent are treated in bioethics and law.


Autonomy, Consent and the Law
Language: en
Pages: 244
Authors: Sheila A.M. McLean
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-09-10 - Publisher: Routledge

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The notion that consent based on the concept of autonomy, underpins a good or beneficent medical intervention is deeply rooted in the jurisprudence of most coun
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Pages: 559
Authors: Jennifer Nedelsky
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-10-11 - Publisher: OUP USA

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Jennifer Nedelsky claims that we must rethink our notion of autonomy, rejecting the usual vocabulary of control, boundaries and individual rights. If we underst
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Pages: 226
Authors: David G. Kirchhoffer
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-01 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Respect for autonomy has become a fundamental principle in human research ethics. Nonetheless, this principle and the associated process of obtaining informed c
The State and the Body
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Elizabeth Wicks
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-12-15 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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This book investigates the limits of the legitimate role of the state in regulating the human body. It questions whether there is a public interest in issues of
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Language: en
Pages: 345
Authors: Mary Donnelly
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-11-18 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This analysis of the law's approach to healthcare decision-making critiques its liberal foundations in respect of three categories of people: adults with capaci