Autonomy, informed consent and medical law : a relational challenge /
Alasdair Maclean
- Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2009
- xvii, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-289) and index
Autonomy -- The relevance of beneficence, justice and virtue -- The healthcare professional-patient relationship : setting the context for consent -- The concept of consent : what it is and what it isn't -- The legal regulation of consent -- Rationalising the law and ethics of consent -- Constructing consent : future regulation and the practice of healthcare