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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454560403321

Autore

McLean Sheila

Titolo

Autonomy, consent and the law / / Sheila A. M. McLean

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge-Cavendish, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-21905-2

1-282-28370-7

9786612283703

0-203-87319-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Collana

Biomedical Law & Ethics Library ; ; v.v. 10

Disciplina

174.957

344.04/12

Soggetti

Informed consent (Medical law)

Patients - Legal status, laws, etc

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: From Hippocrates to paternalism to autonomy: the new hegemony; Chapter 2: From autonomy to consent; Chapter 3: Consent, autonomy and the law; Chapter 4: Autonomy at the end of life; Chapter 5: Autonomy and pregnancy; Chapter 6: Autonomy and genetic information; Chapter 7: Autonomy and organ transplantation; Chapter 8: Conclusion; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Autonomy is often said to be the dominant ethical principle in modern bioethics, and it is also important in law. Respect for autonomy is said to underpin the law of consent, which is theoretically designed to protect the right of patients to make decisions based on their own values and for their own reasons. The notion that consent underpins beneficent and lawful medical intervention is deeply rooted in the jurisprudence of countries throughout the world. However, Autonomy, Consent and the Law challenges the relationship between consent rules and autonomy, arguing that the very na