The Law and Ethics of Medicine: Essays on the Inviolability of Human Life

by John Keown

The Law and Ethics of Medicine: Essays on the Inviolability of Human Life explains the principle of the inviolability of human life and its continuing relevance to English law governing aspects of medical practice at the beginning and end of life.

The book shows that the principle, though widely recognized as an historic and foundational principle of the common law, has been misunderstood in the legal academy, at the Bar and on the Bench. Part...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199589550
• ISBN13: 9780199589555
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"