Medical & healthcare law

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This book draws a subtle balance between bioethics and financial regulation. While the legal topic of human preservation or cryo-conservation may be regarded as belonging to the realm of medical law, the findings presented here suggest that its potential has strong economic implications. Learn More

This book examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has engendered a new and challenging environment in which borders drawn around people, places, and social structures have hardened, and new ones have emerged. Learn More

This book examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has engendered a new and challenging environment in which borders drawn around people, places, and social structures have hardened, and new ones have emerged. Learn More

This book provides detailed analysis of the applicability of the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights to issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. It argues that the European Court of Human Rights should be cautious of finding breaches in cases of public restrictions applied to protect life and health during a global pandemic. Learn More

This book considers the nature, strengths, weaknesses and possibilities for regulation in the biomedical research field with an emphasis on the extent to which "values" play a role in regulation. Learn More

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This book explores the best interests principle, and alternatives offered in the academic literature, to consider why the principle remains contentious despite its prevalence for addressing medical decisions for seriously ill children. It provides theoretical background, exploration of what occurs in practice, and proposes a novel approach. Learn More

This book examines the potential for regionalization of intellectual property law and policy as a means of improving pharmaceutical access for least developed countries. It takes the East African Community as a case study of developing and least developed countries to illustrate why and how a regional collective approach is preferred. Learn More

This book challenges law's reliance on neurology's brain sex binary. Learn More

This book reviews the efficacy of Global Health Law, assessing why its legal framework based on the International Health Regulations did not represent a valid tool in the containment of modern global pandemics such as COVID-19. Learn More

The aim of this book is to introduce and discuss bioethics in a three-synergistic way: from the foundations to the current debates in relation to healthcare and social bioethics, and thereafter the possible future challenges. Learn More

Originally published in 1981 and then as a second edition, revised and updated in 1983 and now with a new Preface by Ian Kennedy, this is a hard-hitting and penetrating investigation behind the facade of late 20th Century medical thinking. Learn More