Legal solutions to medical problems: a rights-based approach as the way forward in the ownership and end-of-life contexts

Patel, Saloni 2019. Legal solutions to medical problems: a rights-based approach as the way forward in the ownership and end-of-life contexts. The British Student Doctor Journal 3 (2) , pp. 19-26. 10.18573/bsdj.55

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Abstract

Summary: This essay takes two contentious issues of contemporary society – end-of-life and ownership of bodily material and examines them through a legal lens. Relevance: In today’s litigation culture, the spheres of medicine and law increasingly overlap, sparking a need to leave the dichotomies behind and explore the symbiosis between these fields. Take Home Messages: On the basis of (1) consistency, (2) coherency and (3) control, it is argued that a rights terminology would helpfully organise the way we approach medical decision-making in these two contexts.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics K Law > K Law (General) R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Cardiff University Press
ISSN:	2514-3174
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	5 August 2019
Date of Acceptance:	23 March 2019
Last Modified:	06 May 2023 20:24
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/124680

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