Alghrani, Amel and Bennett, Rebecca and Ost, Suzanne.
Bioethics, Medicine and the Criminal Law : Vol.1
- New York Cambridge University Press 2013
- 290p
- Cambridge Bioethics and Law; 201300ENGGPM2 .
includes index and biblioraphy
Part I Death, dying and the criminal law 13 2. Euthanasia and assisted suicide should, when properly performed by a doctor in an appropriate case, be decriminalised 15 JOHN GRIFFITHS 3. Five flawed arguments for decriminalising euthanasia 30 JOHN KEOWN 4. Euthanasia excused: between prohibition and permission 49 RICHARD HUXTABLE Part II Freedom and autonomy: when consent is not enough 69 5. Body Integrity Identity Disorder: a problem of perception? 71 ROBERT C. SMITH 6. Risky sex and `manly diversions`: contours of consent in HIV transmission and rough horseplay cases DAVID GURNHAM 7. `Consensual` sexual activity between doctors and patients: a matter for the criminal law? SUZANNE OST AND HAZEL BIGGS Part III 8. Criminalising biomedical science `Scientists in the dock`: regulating science AMEL ALGHRANI AND SARAH CHAN 9. Bioethical conflict and developing biotechnologies: is protecting individual and public health from the risks of xenotransplantation a matter for the (criminal) law? SARA FOVARGUE 10. The criminal law and enhancement: none of the law`s business? NISHAT HYDER AND JOHN HARRIS 11. Dignity as a socially constructed value STEPHEN W. SMITH Part IV Bioethics and criminal law in the dock 189 12. Can English law accommodate moral controversy in medicine? Lessons from abortion 191 MARGARET BRAZIER 13. The case for decriminalising abortion in Northern Ireland 203 MARIE FOX 14. The impact of the loss of deference towards the medical profession 220 JOSE MIOLA 15. Criminalising medical negligence 236 DAVID ARCHARD 16. All to the good? Criminality, politics, and public health 251 JOHN COGGON 17. Moral controversy, human rights and the common law judge 265 BRENDA HALE Criminal Law and Bioethical Conflict:Walking the Tightrope. V1.