Medical Law and Medical Ethics

A focus on the interplay between medical law and medical ethics makes this refreshing new textbook the most balanced approach available to students of law and medicine. By offering a unique chapter structure which gives equal weight to both the legal and ethical issues it allows for an appreciation of all factors at play in the field of medical law. In addition, its student-friendly writing style combined with critical analysis gives students the tools to engage with key issues and form their own understanding. Accompanying online case studies convey the law in practice, and encourage students to consider their own views and arguments in terms of legal analysis and ethical consideration. Coverage of recent judicial cases and statutes, with a good balance of factual detail and critical analysis, allows students to engage with this evolving discipline.

1. Introduction; 2. Confidentiality and access to information; 3. Errors and fault; 4. Consent and autonomy; 5. Incapable adults and children; 6. Resource allocation and prioritisation; 7. Assisted reproduction; 8. Abortion, neonaticide and infanticide; 9. Organ and tissue transplantation; 10. Research; 11. End of life; 12. Concluding thoughts.

Nils Hoppe is Professor of life sciences regulation at Leibniz Universitaet, Hannover, a director of the Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences. He is also a group leader in the research cluster 'REBIRTH – From Regenerative Biology to Reconstructive Therapy', specialising in technology regulation and bioethics.
José Miola is Professor of Medical Law at the School of Law, University of Leicester. He has published widely in the area and is on the editorial boards of the Medical Law Review, Clinical Ethics and the UK Clinical Ethics Network.