Description |
xx, 332 p. |
Series |
Cambridge bioethics and law
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The unthinkability of healthcare serial killings : the case of Dr Shipman / Brian Hurwitz -- "The Sleep of Death" : anaesthesia, mortality, and the courts from Ether to Adomako / Barry Lyons -- Getting mixed up in crime : doctors, disease transmission, confidentiality, and the criminal process / James Chalmers -- Victims' voices, victims' interests, and criminal justice in the healthcare setting / Andrew Sanders -- Medical manslaughter and expert evidence : the role of context and character / Oliver Quick -- The road to the dock : prosecution decision-making in medical manslaughter cases / Danielle Griffiths and Andrew Sanders -- Psychiatric care and criminal prosecution / Neil Allen -- Involuntary automaticity and medical manslaughter / Peter Gooderham and Brian Toft -- Medical Manslaughter : organisational liability / Celia Wells -- The corporate manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 and maternal death : an opportunity to address systemic deficiencies in maternity services? / Penelope J. Brearey-Horne -- From prosecution to rehabilitation : New Zealand's response to health practitioner negligence / Ron Paterson -- Doctors who kill and harm their patients : the Australian experience / Ian Dobinson -- The role of the criminal law in healthcare malpractice in France : examining the HIV blood contamination scandal / Anne-Maree Farrell and Melinee Kazarian -- The use and impact of the criminal process on the treatment of pain in the United States / Stephen J. Zeigler -- Exploring the tension between physician-assisted dying and palliative medicine / Alex Mullock. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Physicians -- Malpractice.
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Medical personnel -- Malpractice.
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Criminal law.
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Bioethics.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Griffiths, Danielle.
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Sanders, Andrew, 1952-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
9781107021532 (hardback) |
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9781139612449 (electronic bk.) |
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