Healthcare Law: Impact of the Human Rights Act 1998

Contributors, Acknowledgments, Table of Cases, Table of Legislation, Table of Statutory Instruments, Table of International Instruments, Convention Terms and Concepts, Table of Abbreviations, 1 The Human Rights Act 1998: A Potent Tool for Changing Healthcare Law and Practice, 2 The Human Rights Act 1998 and the Common Law, a Healthcare Law Perspective, 3 The European Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine: Its Past, Present and Future, 4 The Scope of Impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on Healthcare and NHS Resource Allocation, 5 Litigating Bioethics: The Role of Autonomy and Dignity, 6 The Individual's Right to Treatment under the Human Rights Act 1998, 7 Access, Procedure and the Human Rights Act 1998 in Medical Cases, 8 Medical Complaints, Discipline and the Human Rights Act 1998, 9 Confidentiality, Access to Health Records and the Human Rights Act 1998, 10 Vulnerable Adults-Confidentiality and Inter-disciplinary Working, 11 The Impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on Mental Health Law and Practice: Part I, 12 The Impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on Mental Health Law: Part II, 13 The Human Rights Act 1998 and Private Property Rights in the Context of Community Care, 14 Time for Competent Minors to Have the Same Right of Self- Determination as Competent Adults with Respect to Medical Intervention?, 15 Young Children, Best Interests and the Human Rights Act 1998, 16 Pregnancy and the Human Rights Act 1998, 17 Euthanasia and the Human Rights Act 1998, 18 Extraction and Use of Body Materials for Transplantation and Research Purposes: The Impact of the Human Rights Act 1998, 19 Medical Research, Consent and the European Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, 20 The European Convention on Biomedicine and the Human Rights Act 1998: Grasping the Nettle of Biomedicine?, Appendix 1: The Human Rights Act 1998 347, Appendix 2: Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with Regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: The European Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, Bibliography, Index