Bioethics, medicine, and the criminal law / edited by Danielle Griffiths and Andrew Sanders.
| Other author | Griffiths, Danielle. |
| Other author | Sanders, Andrew, 1952- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, |
| Description | xx, 332 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Medicine, crime, and society |
| Series | Cambridge bioethics and law |
| Contents | Healthcare serial killings : was the case of Dr Harold Shipman unthinkable? / Brian Hurwitz -- "The Sleep of Death" : anaesthesia, mortality, and the courts from ether to Adomako / Barry Lyons -- Getting mixed up in crime : doctors, disease transmission, confidentiality, and the criminal process / James Chalmers -- Victims' voices, victims' interests, and criminal justice in the healthcare setting / Andrew Sanders -- Medical manslaughter and expert evidence : the roles of context and character / Oliver Quick -- The road to the dock : prosecution decision-making in medical manslaughter cases / Danielle Griffiths and Andrew Sanders -- Psychiatric care and criminal prosecution / Neil Allen -- Involuntary automaticity and medical manslaughter / Peter Gooderham and Brian Toft -- Medical manslaughter : organisational liability / Celia Wells -- The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 and maternal death : an opportunity to address systemic deficiencies in maternity services? / Penelope J. Brearey-Horne -- From prosecution to rehabilitation : New Zealand's response to health practitioner negligence / Ron Paterson -- Doctors who kill and harm their patients : the Australian experience / Ian Dobinson -- The role of the criminal law in healthcare malpractice in France : examining the HIV blood contamination scandal / Anne-Maree Farrell and Melinee Kazarian -- The use and impact of the criminal process on the treatment of pain in the USA / Stephen J. Zeigler -- Exploring the tension between physician-assisted dying and palliative medicine / Alexandra Mullock. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012027129 |
| ISBN | 9781107021532 (hardback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |