HOPE,Tony./

Medical ethics and law: the core curriculum. / Tony Hope. - London. churchill livingstone, 2006. - viii,222pgs; 23cm.

Includes index.

Contents: Part 1 -- Ethical and legal background -- Ethical theory -- Thinking about ethics -- Three core concepts in medical ethics:best interest,autonomy and rights -- An introduction to law -- Doctors,patients and professions -- Part 2 -- Specific topics -- Consent -- Confidentiality -- Genetics -- Reproductive medicine -- Children -- Mental health -- End of life -- Resource allocation -- Research.

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