Healthcare Decision-Making and the Law: Autonomy, Capacity and the Limits of Liberalism

by Mary Donnelly and Mary Donnelly

Book Overview

This analysis of the law's approach to healthcare decision-making critiques its liberal foundations in respect of three categories of people: adults with capacity, adults without capacity and adults who are subject to mental health legislation. Focusing primarily on the law in England and Wales, the analysis also draws on the law in the United States, legal positions in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Scotland and on the human rights protections...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107470927
• ISBN13: 9781107470927
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"