Bioethics, medicine, and the criminal law [electronic resource] . Volume 2, Medicine, crime, and society / edited by Danielle Griffiths and Andrew Sanders.

Contributor(s): Griffiths, Danielle | Sanders, Andrew, 1952- | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge bioethics and lawPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013Description: xx, 332 pISBN: 9781139612449 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Physicians -- Malpractice | Medical personnel -- Malpractice | Criminal law | BioethicsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 344.04/11 LOC classification: K4365 | .B56 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
The unthinkability of healthcare serial killings : the case of Dr Shipman / Brian Hurwitz -- "The Sleep of Death" : anaesthesia, mortality, and the courts from Ether to Adomako / Barry Lyons -- Getting mixed up in crime : doctors, disease transmission, confidentiality, and the criminal process / James Chalmers -- Victims' voices, victims' interests, and criminal justice in the healthcare setting / Andrew Sanders -- Medical manslaughter and expert evidence : the role of context and character / Oliver Quick -- The road to the dock : prosecution decision-making in medical manslaughter cases / Danielle Griffiths and Andrew Sanders -- Psychiatric care and criminal prosecution / Neil Allen -- Involuntary automaticity and medical manslaughter / Peter Gooderham and Brian Toft -- Medical Manslaughter : organisational liability / Celia Wells -- The corporate manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 and maternal death : an opportunity to address systemic deficiencies in maternity services? / Penelope J. Brearey-Horne -- From prosecution to rehabilitation : New Zealand's response to health practitioner negligence / Ron Paterson -- Doctors who kill and harm their patients : the Australian experience / Ian Dobinson -- The role of the criminal law in healthcare malpractice in France : examining the HIV blood contamination scandal / Anne-Maree Farrell and Melinee Kazarian -- The use and impact of the criminal process on the treatment of pain in the United States / Stephen J. Zeigler -- Exploring the tension between physician-assisted dying and palliative medicine / Alex Mullock.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The unthinkability of healthcare serial killings : the case of Dr Shipman / Brian Hurwitz -- "The Sleep of Death" : anaesthesia, mortality, and the courts from Ether to Adomako / Barry Lyons -- Getting mixed up in crime : doctors, disease transmission, confidentiality, and the criminal process / James Chalmers -- Victims' voices, victims' interests, and criminal justice in the healthcare setting / Andrew Sanders -- Medical manslaughter and expert evidence : the role of context and character / Oliver Quick -- The road to the dock : prosecution decision-making in medical manslaughter cases / Danielle Griffiths and Andrew Sanders -- Psychiatric care and criminal prosecution / Neil Allen -- Involuntary automaticity and medical manslaughter / Peter Gooderham and Brian Toft -- Medical Manslaughter : organisational liability / Celia Wells -- The corporate manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 and maternal death : an opportunity to address systemic deficiencies in maternity services? / Penelope J. Brearey-Horne -- From prosecution to rehabilitation : New Zealand's response to health practitioner negligence / Ron Paterson -- Doctors who kill and harm their patients : the Australian experience / Ian Dobinson -- The role of the criminal law in healthcare malpractice in France : examining the HIV blood contamination scandal / Anne-Maree Farrell and Melinee Kazarian -- The use and impact of the criminal process on the treatment of pain in the United States / Stephen J. Zeigler -- Exploring the tension between physician-assisted dying and palliative medicine / Alex Mullock.

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