Bioethics, medicine and the criminal law Volume III, Medicine and bioethics in the theatre of the criminal process
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Bioethics, medicine and the criminal law Volume III, Medicine and bioethics in the theatre of the criminal process
Author:
Brazier, Margaret.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2013.
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xviii, 291 p.
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Cambridge bioethics and law
Cambridge bioethics and law.
Contents:
Courtrooms, 'physic' and drama: the 'criminal process' and the regulation of medicine before 1858 -- Crime, doctors and the body (politic) -- From 'theatre' to the dock via the mortuary -- Protecting life before birth? -- Medical (and non-medical) ending of life: criminal responsibility and the (ir)relevance of motivation -- Which twin lives? Jodie and Mary (Gracie and Rosie) -- Drawing connections: moral philosophy, (political) liberalism, responsibility and the theatre of interpretation -- Parallels and disconnects: bioethical principles, principles of criminalisation and the rule of law.
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