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Bioethics, medicine, and the criminal law. Volume 3, Medicine and bioethics in the theatre of the criminal process / Margaret Brazier and Suzanne Ost.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brazier, Margaret, author.
- Ost, Suzanne, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge bioethics and law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genetic engineering--Law and legislation--Criminal provisions.
- Genetic engineering.
- Medical genetics--Law and legislation--Criminal provisions.
- Medical genetics.
- Biotechnology--Law and legislation--Criminal provisions.
- Biotechnology.
- Bioethics.
- Biotechnology--Law and legislation.
- Medical genetics--Law and legislation.
- Genetic engineering--Law and legislation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 281 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Other Title:
- Bioethics, Medicine & the Criminal Law
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- System Details:
- text file
- 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.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 May 2016).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781139087544
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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