Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Series Editors’ Preface xiii
4. List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes xiv
5. Table of Cases xvi
6. Table of Statutes xx
7. Notes on Contributors xxii
8. Introduction 1
9. General Principles of Health Law and Ethics
10. Ethical Principles in Health 27
11. Defining and Understanding ‘Health’ in Health Law 49
12. Health Inequalities, Law, and Society 69
13. Health Disparities, Equity, and Pandemic Ethics 91
14. Ethics, Health(care), and Climate Change 115
15. The Body of Health Law
16. Medical Negligence 135
17. Medical Manslaughter 157
18. Consent to Treatment 177
19. Mental Capacity and Decision-Making 195
20. Mental Health: Inpatient Care 217
21. Confidentiality 235
22. Applied Health Law and Ethics
23. Assisted Reproduction 261
24. Abortion and Contraception 281
25. Pregnancy and Birth 301
26. Capable Children’s Medical Treatment 323
27. Organ Donation: Deceased Donation 343
28. Clinical Research Ethics 363
29. Death and Dying 385
30. Index 403