Landmark Cases in Medical Law

NIPPOD
ISBN: 978-1-5099-1772-3
Verlag: Hart Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 580 g

This new addition to Hart Publishing's Landmark Cases series brings together leading figures in the field to discuss a selection of the most significant cases in medical law. These are cases which either signpost a new development for medical law, illustrate an important development of the law, or signpost likely future developments of the law. The cases are explored in their social and historical context to understand better what has influenced the development of the law. This collection provides a fascinating insight in the interaction of medical law and broader social changes to our bodies, illness and medical professionals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Herring, Jonathan

Wall, Jesse

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Jonathan Herring and Jesse Wall
1. Doodeward v Spence (1908)

Loane Skene
2. Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957]: Medical Law ' s Accordion
José Miola
3. Re B (A Minor) (Wardship: Sterilisation) [1988]: 'People Like Us Don't Have Babies': Learning Disability,
Prospective Parenthood and Legal Transformations

Kirsty Keywood
4. Re B (A Minor) (Wardship: Medical Treatment) [1981]: 'The Child Must Live': Disability, Parents and the Law

Jonathan Herring
5. Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] Charles Foster
6. R v Cambridge Health Authority, ex parte B (A Minor) [1995]: A Tale of Two Judgments

Jesse Wall
7. R v Bournewood Community and Mental Health NHS Trust, ex parte L [1999]: Bournewood Fifteen Years On

Genevra Richardson
8. Re MB (An Adult: Medical Treatment) [1997] and St George's Healthcare NHS Trust v S [1998]: The Dilemma of the ' Court-Ordered ' Caesarean

Marie Fox and Kirsty Moreton
9. R v Department of Health, ex parte Source Informatics Ltd [1999]

Mark Taylor
10. McFarlane v Tayside Health Board [2000] and Cattanach v Melchior [2003]

Laura Hoyano
11. Chester v Afshar [2004]

Sarah Green
12. R (on the Application of Burke) v General Medical Council [2004]; Burke v United Kingdom [2006]:

Contemporaneous and Advance Requests: The Fight for Rights at the End of Life
Shaun D Pattinson
13. The Right to Die and the Right to Help: R (on the Application of Purdy) v Directorof Public Prosecutions [2009] and Its Legacy

Kate Greasley
14. Yearworth and Others v North Bristol NHS Trust [2009]

Loane Skene
15. A, B and C v Ireland [2010]

Imogen Goold

Über Autor(innen)

Wall, Jesse
Jesse Wall is a Lecturer at the University of Otago.

Herring, Jonathan
Jonathan Herring is Professor of Law at the University of Oxford and Fellow in Law at Exeter College, Oxford, UK.

Jonathan Herring is a Professor of Law at Exeter College, University of Oxford.
Jesse Wall is a Lecturer at the University of Otago.