Lawyers' medicine : the legislature, the courts and medical practice, 1760-2000 / edited by Imogen Goold and Catherine Kelly.

Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Publishing, 2009.

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Medical laws and legislation -- History -- Great Britain.

Medical ethics -- Great Britain.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Introduction: lawyer's medicine: the interaction of the medical profession and the law, 1760-2000

Parliamentary inquiries and the construction of medical argument in the early 19th century, 1793-1825

Bye laws, the environment, and health before Chadwick, 1835-1840

Is a burn a wound?: vitriol-throwing in medico-legal context, 1800-1900

Not their fathers' sons: the changing trajectory in psychiatric testimony, 1760-1900

Speaking out about staying silent: an historical examination of medico-legal debates over the boundaries of medical confidentiality

Law, medicine and the treatment of homosexual offenders in Scotland, 1950-1980

The medical community and abortion law reform: Scotland in national context, c.1960-1980

Regulating reproduction in the United Kingdom: doctors' voices, 1978-1985

Nobody's thing?: human tissue in science, ethics and the law during the late 20th century.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781841138497

xi, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm