Routledge handbook of medical law and ethics / edited by Yann Joly and Bartha Maria Knoppers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bioethics, health law, and human rights / George J. Annas -- Informed consent / Trudo Lemmens -- Privacy and confidentiality / Mark A. Rothstein -- Children / Ellen Wright Clayton -- Disability / Aart Hendriks and Oliver Lewis -- Mental health / Gerald B. Robertson -- End of life / Chris Gastmans and Herman Nys -- Regulating professional practice / Ian Freckelton and Belinda Bennett -- Health professionals and the organization of healthcare : current trends / Nola M. Ries -- Healthcare-associated infections / Lara Khoury -- Liability and the legal duty to inform in research / Ma'n H. Zawati -- Emerging legal and ethical issues in reproductive technologies / Vardit Ravitsky and Raphaèelle Dupras-Leduc -- Regenerative medicine : socio-ethical challenges and regulatory approaches / Carla Beak and Rosario Isasi -- E-health / Stefan Callens and Laura Boddez -- Promotion and sales of self-tests on the Internet / Elke Sleurs, Louiza Kalokairinou, Heidi Carmen Howard, Pascal Borry -- Medical research : future directions in the genome era / Don Chalmers -- The ethical and legal duties of physicians in clinical genetics and genomics / Adrian Thorogood and Bartha Maria Knoppers -- Towards precision medicine : the legal and ethical challenges of pharmacogenomics / Gratien Dalpâe and Yann Joly -- Public health : current and emergent legal and ethical issues in a nutshell / Paula Lobato de Faria and Joäo V. Cordeiro -- The role of international organizations in promoting legal norms / Obijiofor Aginam -- The law and ethics of access to medicines in developing countries / Paul Ogendi and Peter Munyi -- Traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine / Terry S. H. Kaan -- The domestication of stem cell tourism / Douglas Sipp.

"Increasingly globalization has meant that decisions made regarding medical care and health in one country may influence health and disease outcomes in other parts of the world. Recognizing that medical law should not be confined to national silos this handbook approaches medical law and ethics from a global perspective. Whilst respecting and analyzing national developments the chapters take a concerted international approach, looking comparatively at developments within each area. The book brings together leading scholars from both medical law and ethics backgrounds who have contributed specially commissioned pieces in order to present a critical overview and analysis of the current state of the field. The Handbook offers comprehensive coverage of longstanding and traditional topics in medical law and ethics, as well as providing dynamic insights into contemporary and emerging issues in this heavily debated field. Topics covered include:"Human-animal" medicine and medical researchPublic HealthAccess to resources and medicinesTraditional, complementary and alternative medicinesRegenerative MedicineThis advanced level reference work will prove invaluable to scholars, students and researchers in the disciplines of law, medicine, dentistry, nursing, ethics and theology. "--

"Increasingly globalization has meant that decisions made regarding medical care and health in one country may influence health and disease outcomes in other parts of the world. Recognizing that medical law should not be confined to national silos this handbook approaches medical law and ethics from a global perspective. Whilst respecting and analyzing national developments the chapters take a concerted international approach, looking comparatively at developments within each area. The book brings together leading scholars from both medical law and ethics backgrounds who have contributed specially commissioned pieces in order to present a critical overview and analysis of the current state of the field. The Handbook offers comprehensive coverage of longstanding and traditional topics in medical law and ethics, as well as providing dynamic insights into contemporary and emerging issues in this heavily debated field. Topics covered include: "Human-animal" medicine and medical research Public Health Access to resources and medicines Traditional, complementary and alternative medicines Regenerative Medicine This advanced level reference work will prove invaluable to scholars, students and researchers in the disciplines of law, medicine, dentistry, nursing, ethics and theology "--