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Erin Charles A

The criminal justice system and health care - Oxford Oxford University Press 2007 - 286p xxiii

Table of contents
Foreword ;
Introduction ;
1. Criminalising Medical Malpractice ;
2. Medical Manslaughter: The Rise (and Replacement) of a Contested Crime? ;
3. Medical or Managerial Manslaughter? ;
4. When Are Errors a Crime? - Lessons from New Zealand ;
5. Euthanasia and the Defence of Necessity: Advocating a More Appropriate Legal Response ;
6. Criminal Law is the Problem, Not the Solution ;
7. Lessons in Legal and Judicial Ethics from Schiavo: The Special Responsibilities of Lawyers and Judges in Cases Involving Persons with Severe Cognitive Disabilities ;
8. Assisted Dying Legislation: Ethical Dilemmas for Doctors ;
9. Terminating Life and Human Rights: The Foetus and the Neonate ;
10. Dignity: The Difference between Abortion and Neonaticide for the Severely Disabled ;
11. Omission of Medical Treatment for Severely Disabled Newborns and Criminal Liability Under Spanish Law ; 12. Should We Criminalize HIV Transmission? ;
13. The Rightful Domain of the Criminal Law ;
14. Medicalising Crime? Criminalising Health?

ISBN: 9780199228294

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Medical Care - Law & Legislation - Criminal Provisions 2. Medical Profession - Malpractice

Dewey Class. No.: 344.041000 / ERI