Protecting the Vulnerable : Autonomy and Consent in Health Care

Margaret Brazier

ISBN 10: 0415046971 / ISBN 13: 9780415046978

Verlag: Routledge, 1991

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The right of adults with sound mind to consent to treatment or risk their own health for the benefit of the community in a clinical trial is unequivocally recognised by the law. But what about those vulnerable by virtue of their age, nature or position in society Experts from the fields of medicine, philosophy, theology and law, explore the ethical and legal principles which seek to reconcile the individual's right to autonomy with the need to protect vulnerable groups. Discussions refer both to specific groups (premature babies, children, people with mental handicaps) and specific issues (cases of abuse by sterilization of women, suicide, the right to information). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780415046978

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Essays that discuss, within medical practice the ethical problems thrown up by the conflict between the individual's right to autonomy and the need to protect the interests of vulnerable groups such as the mentally handicapped or premature babies.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Margaret Brazier (Edited by) ,  Mary Lobjoit (Edited by)

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Titel: Protecting the Vulnerable : Autonomy and ...
Verlag: Routledge
Erscheinungsdatum: 1991
Einband: Buch
Zustand: Neu