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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807486603321

Titolo

Protecting the vulnerable : autonomy and consent in health care / / edited by Margaret Brazier and Mary Lobjoit

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1991

ISBN

1-134-94671-6

1-134-94672-4

1-280-14150-6

9786610141500

0-203-98146-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Collana

Social ethics and policy series

Altri autori (Persone)

BrazierMargaret

LobjoitMary <1933->

Disciplina

174.2

174/.2

Soggetti

Informed consent (Medical law)

Medical ethics

Physician and patient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT? WORKING WITH VERY PREMATURE BABIES; THE ETHICS OF RESEARCH WITH CHILDREN; COMPETENCE AND CONSENT IN PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HANDICAP; COMPETENCE, CONSENT AND PROXY CONSENTS; RESEARCH ON THE VULNERABLE: AN ETHICAL OVERVIEW; STERILIZATION ABUSE: WOMEN AND CONSENT TO TREATMENT; DEPENDENCY REVISITED: THE LIMITS OF AUTONOMY IN MEDICAL ETHICS; SUICIDE AND JUSTIFIED PATERNALISM; INFORMED CONSENT AND THE GHOST OF BOLAM; THE PATIENT'S RIGHT TO INFORMATION

STUDENT PROBLEMS AND PROBLEM STUDENTS: A VULNERABLE GROUP?Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 (ca