Medical law : a very short introduction / Charles Foster.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

141 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.

First edition.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-136) and index.

Origins and legacies -- The enforcement of medical law -- Before birth -- Confidentiality and privacy -- Consent -- Clinical negligence -- Research on human subjects -- Resource allocation -- The end of life -- Organ donation and the ownership of body parts -- The future of medical law.