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The criminal justice system and health care

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2007Description: 286p xxiiiISBN:
  • 9780199228294
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 344.041000 ERI
Contents:
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?
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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?