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072 7 _aLNTM
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072 7 _aMBDC
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720 1 _aFovargue, Sara
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245 0 0 _aThe Legitimacy of Medical Treatment
_bWhat role for the medical exception
260 _bTaylor & Francis
_c2016
300 _a1 online resource (256 p.)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
506 0 _aFree-to-read
_fUnrestricted online access
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520 _aWhenever the legitimacy of a new or ethically contentious medical intervention is considered, a range of influences will determine whether the treatment becomes accepted as lawful medical treatment. The development and introduction of abortion, organ donation, gender reassignment, and non-therapeutic cosmetic surgery have, for example, all raised ethical, legal, and clinical issues. This book examines the various factors that legitimatise a medical procedure. Bringing together a range of internationally and nationally recognised academics from law, philosophy, medicine, health, economics, and sociology, the book explores the notion of a treatment, practice, or procedure being proper medical treatment, and considers the range of diverse factors which might influence the acceptance of a particular procedure as appropriate in the medical context. Contributors address such issues as clinical judgement and professional autonomy, the role of public interest, and the influence of resource allocation in decision-making. In doing so, the book explores how the law, the medical profession, and the public interact in determining whether a new or ethically contentious procedure should be regarded as legitimate. This book will be of interest and use to researchers and students of bioethics, medical law, criminal law, and the sociology of medicine.
540 _aAll rights reserved
_uhttp://oapen.org/content/about-rights
546 _aEnglish
650 7 _aMedical & healthcare law
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650 7 _aMedical ethics & professional conduct
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653 _abioethics
653 _aclinical issues
653 _aeconomics
653 _aethical issues
653 _ahealth
653 _alaw
653 _alegal issues
653 _amedical intervention
653 _amedical procedure
653 _amedicine
653 _aphilosophy
653 _asociology
720 1 _aMullock, Alexandra
_4aut
793 0 _aDOAB Library.
856 4 0 _uhttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37076
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_zFree-to-read: DOAB: description of the publication
999 _c92788
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