Who's in charge? The relationship between medical law, medical ethics, and medical morality?

Medical Law Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 505-530

  Foster, Charles ^a   Miola, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

De moralisation; Decision making; Medical ethics; Medical law; Morals

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MINOR (PERSON); MORALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PATIENT RIGHT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

BIOETHICS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MINORS; MORALS; PATIENT RIGHTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; REFUSAL TO TREAT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATE MEDICINE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84942144098     PISSN: 09670742     EISSN: 14643790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/medlaw/fwv004     Document Type: Article

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