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Protecting the vulnerable [...
The right of adults with sound mind to consent to treatment or risk their own health for the benefit of the community in a clinical trial is unequivocally recognised by the law. But what about those vulnerable by virtue of their age, nature or position in society? Experts from the fields of medicine, philosophy, theology and law, explore the ethical and legal principles which seek to reconcile the individual's right to autonomy with the need to protect vulnerable groups. Discussions refer both to specific groups (premature babies, children, people with mental handicaps) and specific issues (ca
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monografia Rebiun19914154 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun19914154 m o d | cr -n--------- 910424s1991 enk ob 001 0 eng d 91018609 1-134-94672-4 1-280-14150-6 9786610141500 0-203-98146-4 UPVA 997911054203706 UAM 991007667773404211 UPSA ELB154352 UFV0716753 UPCT u144953 MiAaPQ MiAaPQ MiAaPQ eng 174.2 174/.2 Brazier, Margaret Protecting the vulnerable electronic resource] autonomy and consent in health care edited by Margaret Brazier and Mary Lobjoit London New York Routledge 1991 London New York London New York Routledge 1 online resource (198 p.) 1 online resource (198 p.) Text txt computer c online resource cr Social ethics and policy series Description based upon print version of record Includes bibliographical references and index Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT? WORKING WITH VERY PREMATURE BABIES; THE ETHICS OF RESEARCH WITH CHILDREN; COMPETENCE AND CONSENT IN PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HANDICAP; COMPETENCE, CONSENT AND PROXY CONSENTS; RESEARCH ON THE VULNERABLE: AN ETHICAL OVERVIEW; STERILIZATION ABUSE: WOMEN AND CONSENT TO TREATMENT; DEPENDENCY REVISITED: THE LIMITS OF AUTONOMY IN MEDICAL ETHICS; SUICIDE AND JUSTIFIED PATERNALISM; INFORMED CONSENT AND THE GHOST OF BOLAM; THE PATIENT'S RIGHT TO INFORMATION STUDENT PROBLEMS AND PROBLEM STUDENTS: A VULNERABLE GROUP?Bibliography; Index The right of adults with sound mind to consent to treatment or risk their own health for the benefit of the community in a clinical trial is unequivocally recognised by the law. But what about those vulnerable by virtue of their age, nature or position in society? Experts from the fields of medicine, philosophy, theology and law, explore the ethical and legal principles which seek to reconcile the individual's right to autonomy with the need to protect vulnerable groups. Discussions refer both to specific groups (premature babies, children, people with mental handicaps) and specific issues (ca English Informed consent (Medical law) Medical ethics Physician and patient Electronic books Brazier, Margaret Lobjoit, Mary 1933-) 0-415-75545-X 0-415-04697-1 Social Ethics and Policy