About the Book
This collection brings together essays from leading figures in the field of medical law and ethics which address the key issues currently challenging scholars in the field. It has also been compiled as a lasting testimony to the work of one of the most eminent scholars in the area, Professor Ken Mason. The collection marks the academic crowning of a career which has laid one of the foundation stones of an entire discipline. The wide-ranging contents and the standing of the contributors mean that the volume will be an invaluable resource for anyone studying or working in medical law or medical ethics.
Table of Contents:
Contents: Preface, Sheila A.M. McLean; Ken Mason – an appreciation, Sandy McCall Smith; The legitimacy of medical law, Jonathan Montgomery; Cases and casuistry, Robin Downie; Medical ethics: Hippocratic and democratic ideals, Kenneth Boyd; Contemporary challenges in the regulation of health practitioners, Ian Freckleton; The international health regulations: a new paradigm for global health governance? Lawrence O. Gostin; International medical research regulation: from ethics to law, Don Chalmers; Ethical and policy issues related to medical error and patient safety, Gerard Magill; Autonomy and its limits: what place for the public good? Veronica English, Rebecca Mussell, Julian Sheather and Ann Somerville; The autonomy of others: reflections on the rise and rise of patient choice in contemporary medical law, Graeme Laurie; Conceptualizing privacy in relation to medical research, Deryck Beyleveld; Human `guinea pigs’: why patients participate in clinical trials, Pamela R. Ferguson; Human(s) (as) medicine(s), Margot Brazier; The ethical challenges of biobanks: safeguarding altruism and trust, Alastair V. Campbell; Law reform, clinical research and adults without medical capacity – much needed clarification or a recipe for further uncertainty? Jean McHale; Continuing conundrums in competency, John Devereux; Chester v Afshar: Sayonara, sub silentio, Sidaway? David Meyers; `Informed consent’ to medical treatment and the impotence of tort, Emily Jackson; Mark Anthony or Macbeth: some problems concerning the dead and the incompetent when it comes to consent, John Harris; No more `shock, horror’? The declining significance of `sudden shock’ and the `horrifying event’ in psychiatric injury claims, Harvey Teff; Is there a right not to procreate? Elaine E. Sutherland; Conscientious objection: a shield or a sword? Bernard M. Dickens; Classifying abortion as a health matter: the case for de-criminalizing abortion laws in Australia, Kerry Petersen; What’s love got to do with it? Regulating reproductive technologies and second hand emotions, Penelope Beem and Derek Morgan; Saviour siblings, Michael Freeman; Wrongful life, the welfare principle and the non-identity problem: some further complications, Søren Holm; Life-prolonging treatment and patients’ legal rights, Loane Skene; From Bland to Burke: the law and politics of assisted nutrition and hydration, Sheila A.M. McLean; Euthanasia as a human right, Tom Campbell; The futility of opposing the legalization of non-voluntary and voluntary euthanasia, Len Doyal; Defending the council of Europe’s opposition to euthanasia, John Keown; Newborn screening for sickle cell disease: socio-ethical implications, Denise Avard, Linda Kharaboyan and Bartha Knoppers; The `Do No Harm’ principle and the genetic revolution in New Zealand, Mark Henaghan; Cloning, zoning and the harm principle, Roger Brownsword; Exposing harm: the erasure of animal bodies in healthcare law, Marie Fox; Is the Gender Recognition Act 2004 as important as it seems? Kenneth McK. Norrie; The positive side of healthcare rights, Christopher Newdick; In defence of doctors, Vivienne Harpwood.
About the Author :
Professor McLean is the first holder of the International Bar Association Chair of Law and Ethics in Medicine at Glasgow University and is Director of the Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine at Glasgow University. Contributors: Sheila McLean, Sandy McCall Smith, Jonathan Montgomery, Robin Downie, Ian Freckleton, Lawrence Gostin, Don Chalmers, Gerard Magill, Veronica English, Rebecca Mussell, Julian Sheather, Ann Somerville, Graeme Laurie, Deryck Beylefeld, Pamela Ferguson, Margot Brazier, Alastair Campbell, Jean McHale, John Devereux, David Meyers, Emily Jackson, John Harris, Harvey Teff, Elaine Sutherland, Bernard Dickens, Kerry Petersen, Penelope Beem, Derek Morgan, Michael Freeman, Soren Holm, Loane Skene, Tom Campbell, Len Doyal, John Keown, Denise Avard, Linda Kharaboyan, Bartha Knoppers, Mark Henaghan, Roger Brownsword, Kenneth Norrie, Christopher Newdick, Vivienne Harpwood.
Review :
'...it is imperative that works of the calibre of First Do No Harm are published...it is a valuable resource for individuals, particularly academics and postgraduate students in the disciplines of health law, medical ethics and philosophy...the chapters are of an extremely high standard, and make a valuable contribution to the literature. Bringing together such a large number of accomplished authors from a variety of disciplines and countries was an ambitious exercise, one that Professor McLean has achieved with distinction.' Journal of Law and Medicine 'In First Do No Harm, not only is the work of Professor Ken Mason celebrated, contributors have sought to take some issues in medical law further and, as such, it provides much more than a celebration of Ken Mason's innovative contribution to the discipline of ethics and medical law from its early beginnings. This is not like most festschrift texts- the expertise of the contributors brought together in this volume presents the reader with a collection of articles that functions well as an informative and insightful text book...Specialists and researchers in this field will find this a very worthwhile collection, both as a retrospective perusal of Ken Mason's influence, and as a contemporary analysis of the debates he has had an important role in shaping.' Medical Law Review 'The wide-ranging contents plus the standing of the contributors mean that the volume will be an invaluable resource for anyone studying or working in medical law or medical ethics...The collection is comprehensive, rich in argument, balanced, interesting; and, in addition to reviewing and criticizing what is, it also argues for what ought to be in the wide area of medical ethics.' Metapsychology
