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Author Brazier, Margaret.

Title Bioethics, medicine and the criminal law [electronic resource] . Volume III, Medicine and bioethics in the theatre of the criminal process / Margaret Brazier and Suzanne Ost.

Imprint Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2013.

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Description xviii, 291 p.
Series Cambridge bioethics and law
Cambridge bioethics and law.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Courtrooms, 'physic' and drama: the 'criminal process' and the regulation of medicine before 1858 -- Crime, doctors and the body (politic) -- From 'theatre' to the dock via the mortuary -- Protecting life before birth? -- Medical (and non-medical) ending of life: criminal responsibility and the (ir)relevance of motivation -- Which twin lives? Jodie and Mary (Gracie and Rosie) -- Drawing connections: moral philosophy, (political) liberalism, responsibility and the theatre of interpretation -- Parallels and disconnects: bioethical principles, principles of criminalisation and the rule of law.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Physicians -- Malpractice -- Criminal provisions.
Bioethics.
Criminal law -- Philosophy.
Medical errors -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical care -- Law and legislation -- Criminal provisions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Ost, Suzanne.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781107018259 (hardback)
9781107333222 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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