Withholding and Withdrawing Life-prolonging Medical Treatment
Book Details
Author(s)Veronica English
PublisherBMJ Books
ISBN / ASIN140515957X
ISBN-139781405159579
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
Description
- An authoritative book on one of the most fundamental and contentious issues for health care professionals
- Fully updated to include provisions of the Mental Capacity Act (April 2007); the latest policy on advance directives and the impact of the Human Rights Act on such decisions
- Provides guidance on the appointment of welfare attorneys to make health care decisions once capacity is lost
- Discusses recent cases, including Burke, baby MB, and Wyatt
- Written by medical ethics professionals in consultation with the appropriate medical and legal experts and in agreement with the General Medical Council's guidelines
