With advances in personalised medicine, the field of medical law is being challenged and transformed. The nature of the doctor-patient relationship is shifting as patients simultaneously become consumers. The regulation of emerging technologies is being thrown into question, and we face new challenges in the context of global pandemics. This volume identifies significant questions and issues underlying the philosophy of medical law. It brings together leading philosophers, legal theorists, and medical specialists to discuss these questions in two parts. The first part deals with key foundational theories, and the second addresses a variety of topical issues, including euthanasia, abortion, and medical privacy. The wide range of perspectives and topics on offer provide a vital introduction to the philosophical underpinnings of medical law.

About the Author
Andelka M. Phillips is Senior Lecturer at Te Piringa Faculty of Law, University of Waikato and a research associate atUniversity of Oxford's Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies (HeLEX). She was formerly the Ussher Assistant Professor in Information Technology Law at Trinity College Dublin.While at Oxford she was the General Editor of the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal and the convenor of the Medical Law and Ethics Discussion Group. Thana C. de Campos is Assistant Professor at Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. She is a research associate at the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights (Rome); the Von Hugel Institute (St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge); and at Las Casas Institute (Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford). Jonathan Herring is the DM Wolfe-Clarendon Fellow in Law and the Vice-Dean and Professor of Law in the Law Faculty at Oxford University.


Book Information
ISBN 9780198796558
Author Andelka M. Phillips
Format Hardback
Page Count 348
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 792g
Dimensions(mm) 252mm * 178mm * 26mm