Mason and McCall Smith's Law and Medical Ethics (12^th Ed.)

Trusted for over 40 years for its authoritative account of medical law, this text provides the right balance between in-depth legal coverage and analysis of ethical issues. This classic textbook focuses on medical law and its relationship with medical practice and modern ethics. It provides thorough coverage of all topics found on medical law courses, and in-depth analysis of recent court decisions and legislation, encouraging students to think critically about this area of study. - Covers the whole field of modern ethical medical practice, making the book suitable for use on all undergraduate and postgraduate medical law courses - Clearly sets a diversity of views in ethical debates, and offers the authors' own perspectives, encouraging students to explore and form their own opinions - Takes account of the influence of international policy and legal developments in shaping medical law in the UK New to this edition: · Two brand new chapters introduce students to concepts, theories, and tools that frame interpretation and analysis of health and medical law · A new chapter provides an overview of UK health systems and examines these in the context of devolution, the Covid-19 pandemic, and Brexit · The table of contents has been reorganised and streamlined to enhance clarity and focus on current issues in the discipline · Includes coverage of developments such as the Health and Social Care Act 2022, Mental Health Bill 2022, Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021, Coronavirus Act 2020, new regimes for organ donation, Bell v Tavistock, ABC v St George's Healthcare NHS Trust, Khan v Meadows, and more Digital formats This twelfth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats. The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks

Professor Anne-Maree Farrell is Chair of Medical Jurisprudence and Director of the Mason Institute at the University of Edinburgh, which focuses on ethics and law at the interface between health, medicine and the life sciences at a national and global scale. She is actively engaged as an expert adviser on law and ethics issues in health and medicine and is a member of the British Medical Association's Medical Ethics Committee. She previously worked as a lawyer in private legal practice, specialising in mass torts and clinical negligence. Dr Edward S. Dove is Reader in Health Law and Regulation and Deputy Director of the Mason Institute at the University of Edinburgh. He is the UK National Contact for the European Association of Health Law (EAHL), the UK representative for the European Network of Research Ethics Committees (EUREC), and co-Editor-in-Chief of the open access journal Research Ethics.