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Ethical and legal debates in Irish healthcare : confronting complexities /

Ethical and legal debates in Irish healthcare : confronting complexities / - Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016. - xi, 254 pages ; 24 cm. - Irish society . - Irish society. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reproductive justice in Ireland : a feminist analysis of the Neary and Halappanavar cases / Conscientious objection, harm reduction and abortion care / Why care about carers? / The limits of autonomy : an exploration of the role of autonomy in the debate about assisted suicide / If they can consent, why can't they refuse? / Patient autonomy and responsibilities within the patient-doctor partnership : two sides of the same unequal coin? / Older people, human rights, law and policy / Legal and ethical considerations in involuntary admissions to long-term care / Retention and use of human biological samples : the Guthrie card example / A moral gap? Examining Ireland's failure to regulate embryonic stem cell research / Children in clinical trials in Ireland : addressing the gaps in the legal framework / Governance failures and organisational ethics : perspectives from the Neary and Halappanavar cases / Psychiatric admission in Ireland : the role of country of origin / Protecting rights in mental health law : the relationship between the courts and mental health tribunals / Patient-centred dying : the role of law / Improving end-of-life care in intensive care units / Joan McCarthy -- Ruth Fletcher -- Claire Murray -- Louise Campbell -- Tom Walker -- Asim A. Sheikh -- Mary Keys -- Shaun T. O'Keeffe -- Deirdre Madden -- Ciara Staunton -- Katherine Wade -- Heike Felzmann -- Brendan D. Kelly -- Darius Whelan -- Mary Donnelly -- Barry Lyons.

This is an in-depth study of the contentious issues in Irish healthcare and deals with issues such as assisted suicide, abortion, adolescent treatment refusal, end of life care, retention of biological samples, involuntary admission to care and the regulation of stem cell research.

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Medical ethics--Ireland--Congresses.
Medical ethics--Ireland.
Medical care--Law and legislation--Ireland--Congresses.
Medical care--Law and legislation--Ireland.
Assisted suicide--Law and legislation--Ireland--Congresses.
Medical policy--Ireland.
Abortion--Law and legislation--Ireland--Congresses.

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