Philosophical Foundations of Medical Law

Introduction, Andelka M. Phillips, Thana C. de Campos, and Jonathan Herring

Part A: General Theories
1: Virtue Ethics and Medical Law, Robert Gay
2: Feminism, Ethics of Care, and Medical Ethics, Jonathan Herring
3: The Natural Law Foundations of Medical Law, Robert P. George and Christopher O. Tollefsen
4: Consequentialism and the Law in Medicine, Julian Savalescu and Dominic Wilkinson
5: Justice and Responsibility: a Deontological Approach to Medical Law, Thana C. de Campos
6: Abortion, Feminism, and 'Traditional' Moral Philosophy, Kate Greasley
7: How the Philosophy Gets In, Jesse Wall

Part B: Applications of Theories
8: Virtue Theory and the Lawfulness of Withholding or Withdrawing Treatment or Care, David Albert Jones
9: Dignity in Medical Law, Charles Foster
10: The Beginning and Ending of Life: Medical Law and Ethical Incoherence, John Keown
11: Proportionality in Medical Law, Francisco J. Urbina
12: Priority Setting, Judicial Review, and Procedural Justice, Daniel Wang and Benedict Rumbold
13: Philosophy and Restrictions on Access to Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Imogen Goold
14: Abortion on the Basis of a Risk of Disability: the Parents' Interests and Shared Interests, Heloise Robinson
15: Property in the Body and Medical Law, Donna Dickenson
16: Trafficking, Tourism and Trading: A Dark Convergence in Transplantation?, Trevor Stammers
17: Can a Reformed Surrogacy Law Reflect Pragmatism and Respect Ethics?, Kirsty Horsey
18: Ageing and Fertility: Legal and Ethical Perspectives, Pia Jolliffe and William Jolliffe
19: The Emergence of Family Care Agreements in an Ageing World, Pip Coore
20: The Problem of Mental Capacity in Self-Harming Egosyntonic Disorder, Camilla Kong
21: Medical Privacy and Big Data: a Further Reason in Favour of Public Universal Healthcare Coverage, Carissa Véliz
22: The Age of Personalized Medicine—From Patients to Consumers: The Digital Environment, Clickwrap Contracts, and Implications for Autonomy, Andelka M. Phillips