Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction

by Charles Foster

Book Overview

Medical law touches on many of society's most hotly debated issues, from the status of the embryo to the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, and from assisted suicide to research on humans, organ transplantation, and the ownership of body parts. The media shines a glaring light on these and many other contentious medical questions, but as legal authority Charles Foster points out, camera flashes don't shed real light. To truly grasp these issues,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199660441
• ISBN13: 9780199660445
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.4" x 6.7"