Subject only to the attitude of the surgeon concerned : The judicial protection of medical discretion

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-112

  Sheldon, Sally ^a  

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ABORTION ACT 1967 (GREAT BRITAIN); ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FREEDOM; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INFORMED CONSENT; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL LIABILITY; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; R. V. BOURNE; R. V. SMITH; SOCIAL CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ABORTION ACT 1967 (GREAT BRITAIN); GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LEGAL APPROACH; R. V. BOURNE; R. V. SMITH;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ATTITUDE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FREEDOM; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; JUDICIAL ROLE; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGISLATION; LIABILITY, LEGAL; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 0030088423     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096466399600500106     Document Type: Review

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