Autonomy Informed Consent Medical Law Relational Challenge Alasda… 9780521896931

Autonomy, Informed Consent and Medical Law\n\nA Relational Challenge\n\nAlasdair Maclean examines the ethical basis for consent to medical treatment and offers proposals for reform.\n\nAlasdair Maclean (Author)\n\n9780521896931 (SKU 3250851), Cambridge University Press\n\nHardback, published 12 February 2009\n\n316 pages\n23.4 x 15.7 x 2 cm, 0.63 kg\n\nAlasdair Maclean analyses the ethical basis for consent to medical treatment, providing both an extensive reconsideration of the ethical issues and a detailed examination of English law. Importantly, the analysis is given a context by situating consent at the centre of the healthcare professional-patient relationship. This allows the development of a relational model that balances the agency of the two parties with their obligations that arise from that relationship. That relational model is then used to critique the current legal regulation of consent. To conclude, Alasdair Maclean considers the future development of the law and contr]