Life – Discussion Starters
Legal solutions to medical problems: a rights-based approach as the way forward in the ownership and end-of-life contexts
Author:
Saloni Patel
University of Oxford, GB
About Saloni
Law, University of Oxford (2014-2017)
Abstract
Summary:
This essay takes two contentious issues of contemporary society – end-of-life and ownership of bodily material and examines them through a legal lens.
Relevance:
In today’s litigation culture, the spheres of medicine and law increasingly overlap, sparking a need to leave the dichotomies behind and explore the symbiosis between these fields.
Take Home Messages:
On the basis of (1) consistency, (2) coherency and (3) control, it is argued that a rights terminology would helpfully organise the way we approach medical decision-making in these two contexts.
How to Cite:
Patel S. Legal solutions to medical problems: a rights-based approach as the way forward in the ownership and end-of-life contexts. The British Student Doctor Journal. 2019;3(2):19–26. DOI: http://doi.org/10.18573/bsdj.55
Published on
30 Jun 2019.
Peer Reviewed
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