Beginning Medical Law

Claudia Carr is a lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire and module leader of Medical Law and Ethics. She is the author of Unlocking Medical Law and Ethics (published 2014) and Course Notes: Medical Law and Ethics (published 2012). She is also a co-author of Beginning Criminal Law (published March 2013).

Carr uses diagrams, tables and what she calls ‘on-the-spot questions’ to make the subject come alive. For us, the companion website is an innovation! Therefore, do look at the features at the beginning of the book which will assist with your learning and engagement with the subject matter. - Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers"Tosh provides a succinct overview of the ways in which transgender people’s lives are pathologised, specifically with regard to both psychiatry and feminism. The straightforward and clear writing style employed by Tosh engages the reader, and will provide those new to the topics with an easily accessible overview." - Damien Riggs, Flinders University

• 1. Introduction 2. Introduction to Ethical Theories 3. Confidentiality 4. Resource Allocation 5. Medical Negligence 6. Consent, capacity and information disclosure 7. Consent and the incompetent patient 8. Mental Health Law 9. Assisted Conception 10. Abortion 11. Organ Donation 12. End of life Decisions (1) - Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia 13. End of Life Decisions (2)