Bioethics, Medicine and the Criminal Law

In recent years, debates have arisen concerning the encroachment of the criminal process in regulating fatal medical error, the implementation of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 and the recent release of the Director of Public Prosecution's assisted suicide policy. Consequently, questions have been raised regarding the extent to which such intervention helps, or if it in fact hinders, the sustained development of medical practice. In this collection, Danielle Griffiths and Andrew Sanders explore the operation of the criminal process in healthcare in the UK as well as in other jurisdictions, including the USA, Australia, New Zealand, France and the Netherlands. Using evidence from previous cases alongside empirical data, each essay engages the reader with the debate surrounding what the appropriate role of the criminal process in healthcare should be and aims to clarify and shape policy and legislation in this under-researched area.

Author: Danielle Griffiths
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01/31/2013
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781107021532

About the Author
Griffiths, Danielle: - Danielle Griffiths is a research fellow at the University of Manchester.Sanders, Andrew: - Andrew Sanders is Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology at the University of Birmingham.