Ethical Judgments: Re-Writing Medical Law

by Stephen W. Smith

Book Overview

This edited collection is designed to explore the ethical nature of judicial decision-making, particularly relating to cases in the health/medical sphere, where judges are often called upon to issue rulings on questions containing an explicit ethical component. However, judges do not receive any specific training in ethical decision-making, and often disown any place for ethics in their decision-making. Consequently, decisions made by judges do...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849465797
• ISBN13: 9781849465793
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"