Exploitation, Ethics and Law: Violating the Ethos of the Doctor-Patient Relationship

This book provides an assessment of whether exploitation in the doctor-patient relationship is a special case. It contextualises the evaluation by exploring the nature of this relationship and making an assessment of patients' vulnerability to such exploitation.

Author: Suzanne Ost,Hazel Biggs
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 08/26/2021
Pages: 252
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9781138238756

About the Author

Suzanne Ost is Professor of Law at Lancaster University. Her publications on health care law and bioethics, and child sexual exploitation, include Medicine and Bioethics in the Theatre of the Criminal Process (with Margaret Brazier), and Child Pornography and Sexual Grooming: Legal and Societal Responses.

Hazel Biggs is Emeritus Professor of Healthcare Law and Bioethics at the University of Southampton, having retired in September 2020. Throughout her career, she published widely on the legal and ethical aspects of numerous areas of health care law and bioethics, including end of life care, medical research and human reproduction.