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Autonomy, Informed Consent and Medical Law
A Relational Challenge

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Part of Cambridge Law, Medicine and Ethics

Author: Alasdair Maclean, University of Dundee

Date Published: December 2013
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9781107625419

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Alasdair Maclean analyses the ethical basis for consent to medical treatment, providing both an extensive reconsideration of the ethical issues and a detailed examination of English law. Importantly, the analysis is given a context by situating consent at the centre of the healthcare professional-patient relationship. This allows the development of a relational model that balances the agency of the two parties with their obligations that arise from that relationship. That relational model is then used to critique the current legal regulation of consent. To conclude, Alasdair Maclean considers the future development of the law and contrasts the model of relational consent with Neil Manson and Onora O'Neill's recent proposal for a model of genuine consent.
- Each chapter may be read as an independent analysis, allowing the reader to read the book selectively
- Regular summaries of the arguments are provided, allowing the reader to refresh their understanding of the argument without having to reread the whole chapter
- The ethical arguments assume only a lay understanding of ethics, thus benefiting those readers who lack an expert understanding of the ethical issues
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Product details
- Date Published: December 2013
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107625419
- length: 316 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.43kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I:
1. Autonomy
2. The relevance of beneficence, justice and virtue
3. The healthcare professional-patient relationship: setting the context for consent
4. The concept of consent - what it is and what it isn't
Part II. Consent and the Law:
5. The legal regulation of consent
6. Rationalising the law and ethics of consent
7. Constructing consent - future regulation and the practice of healthcare
Summary and conclusion.
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Alasdair Maclean, University of Dundee
Having qualified in medicine and worked clinically in both England and New Zealand, Alasdair Maclean studied law and became a lecturer in medical law at the University of Glasgow. He is now a senior lecturer at the University of Dundee.