TY - BOOK ID - 78530872 TI - Bioethics, medicine, and the criminal law. AU - Brazier, Margaret AU - Ost, Suzanne PY - 2013 SN - 1107235359 110733571X 1107332478 1107333229 1107336546 1139087541 1107334888 9781107336544 9781139087544 9781107018259 1107018250 1107326788 9781107235359 9781107332478 9781107333222 9781107334885 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Physicians KW - Bioethics. KW - Criminal law KW - Medical errors KW - Medical care KW - Biology KW - Biomedical ethics KW - Life sciences KW - Life sciences ethics KW - Science KW - Allopathic doctors KW - Doctors KW - Doctors of medicine KW - MDs (Physicians) KW - Medical doctors KW - Medical profession KW - Medical personnel KW - Medicine KW - Delivery of health care KW - Delivery of medical care KW - Health care KW - Health care delivery KW - Health services KW - Healthcare KW - Medical and health care industry KW - Medical services KW - Personal health services KW - Public health KW - Errors, Medical KW - Medical mishaps KW - Mishaps, Medical KW - Errors, Scientific KW - Malpractice KW - Criminal provisions. KW - Philosophy. KW - Moral and ethical aspects. KW - Law and legislation KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Practice KW - Genetic engineering KW - Medical genetics KW - Biotechnology KW - Chemical engineering KW - Clinical genetics KW - Diseases KW - Heredity of disease KW - Human genetics KW - Medical sciences KW - Pathology KW - Genetic disorders KW - Designed genetic change KW - Engineering, Genetic KW - Gene splicing KW - Genetic intervention KW - Genetic surgery KW - Genetic recombination KW - Transgenic organisms KW - Genetic aspects KW - Law KW - General and Others UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78530872 AB - To date, little analysis exists of the criminal process's roles as a regulator of medical practice and as an arbiter of bioethics, nor whether criminal law is an appropriate forum for judging ethical medical dilemmas. The conscription of criminal law into moral controversy and the (perceived) rise in criminal investigations of medical errors sets the backdrop for this innovative historical and theoretical analysis of the relationship between medicine, bioethics and the criminal process. Case studies on abortion, end of life and the separation of conjoined twins reveal how judges grapple with bioethics in criminal cases and the impact of 'theatre' on the criminal law's response to ethically controversial medical cases. A central argument is that bioethics and criminal law are not necessarily incompatible; rather, it is the theatre surrounding interactions between bioethics and criminal law that often distorts and creates tension. ER -