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1 MEDICAL ETHICS AND MEDICAL PRACTICE1

A basis for medical ethics2

The organisation of modern medicine12

Public relations23

Legal intervention in medicine24

The doctor’s position26

2 PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE STATE-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP29

Handling health threats to the community31

Health promotion： The issues37

The darker sides of medicine38

The impact of human rights on medical law41

3 HEALTH RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION&By Miriam Aziz48

Introduction48

The European market for health48

Health care policy in the EU49

Rights and access to health care in the EU54

Cross-border access to health care in the EU57

Ethics in science and new technologies in the EU62

4 CONSENT TO TREATMENT64

Introduction64

The limits to consent65

Refusal of treatment by adults87

Consent and its social consequences99

Proceeding without consent： The consequences104

The negligence action and the vagaries of information disclosure106

5 LIABILITY FOR MEDICAL INJURY122

Compensation for injury123

The basis of medical liability129

What constitutes negligence132

The problem of the novice148

Protecting patients from products149

Protecting patients from themselves152

Resipsaloquitur154

Operational failures156

Causation157

Injuries caused by medical products or devices163

Criminal negligence167

6 MEDICAL CONFIDENTIALITY172

What is the current state of play？172

Relaxation of the rule177

Confidentiality and the legal process197

Patient access to medical records201

Confidentiality and death206

7 GENETIC INFORMATION AND THE LAW209

Genetics： The science and challenges209

Genetic counselling and fetal testing for genetic disease212

Legal and ethical responses to the ‘familial’ nature of genetics219

Individual and family interests in genetic information220

Other parties’ interests in genetic information228

Research involving genetic material238

The state interest in genetic information240

Gene therapy243

Cloning246

8 THE MANAGEMENT OF INFERTILITY AND CHILDLESSNESS250

The control of assisted reproduction in the United Kingdom251

Insemination254

The infertile or childless woman266

Surrogate motherhood283

9 THE CONTROL OF FERTILITY296

The concept of personhood297

Contraception299

Contragestation302

Sterilisation303

Termination of pregnancy313

10 CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LIABILITY IN REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE338

The uncovenanted child： The action for wrongful pregnancy339

Reproductive counselling and negligence： The action for wrongful birth352

Wrongful （or diminished） life actions358

Wrongful injury to the fetus and feticide369

11 HEALTH RESOURCES AND DILEMMAS IN TREATMENT376

Global distribution of resources377

The allocation of national resources378

Treatment of the individual389

12 TREATMENT OF THE AGED401

Autonomy and paternalism in the treatment of the aged402

Care of the elderly in the future420

Dying from old age421

13 MENTAL HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS423

The evolution of mental health law423

Controlling treatment424

Human rights and mental disorder433

Mental health， criminal and civil liability441

14 THE BODY AS PROPERTY447

Should there be property in human material？447

Property in cadavers and cadaver tissues462

Intellectual property law and the human body466

Conclusion474

15 MEDICAL FUTILITY475

Part 1： The Beginning of Life475

The concept of medical futility476

Part 2： The End of Life500

The patient in the permanent vegetative state502

The best interests test514

Are we being honest？517

‘Do not resuscitate’ orders520

16 THE DIAGNOSIS OF DEATH521

Concepts of death521

The medico-legal effects of applying brain stem death criteria528

17 THE DONATION OF ORGANS AND TRANSPLANTATION534

Technical aspects of transplantation534

The living donor538

Cadaver donations547

The fetus or neonate as a transplant donor560

18 EUTHANASIA AND ASSISTANCE IN DYING565

A classification of assisted dying566

Termination of life without consent568

Non-voluntary termination of life570

The capable patient581

Assisted dying in practice601

19 BIOMEDICAL HUMAN RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION610

Ethical codes and legal instruments in human biomedical research611

What is research？612

Randomised controlled trials620

Experimental treatment627

Informed consent and the （in）competent research subject629

The unethical researcher633

Compensation for personal injury in research637

Research involving human tissue and personal data637

New approaches to research governance640

20 RESEARCH ON CHILDREN， FETUSES， AND EMBRYOS642

Non-therapeutic research on children643

Therapeutic research on children649

Fetal research and experimentation652

Embryos and embryonic stem cell research657

Appendix A665

The Hippocratic Oath665

Appendix B666

Declaration of Geneva666

Appendix C667

Declaration of Tokyo， 1975667

Appendix D669

Declaration ofHelsinki669

Index675