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Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW3175: Medical Ethics and Law Foundations
This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Basic reading:
Core text:
J Herring, Medical Law and Ethics, (5th edn, OUP 2016)
Casebook:
E Jackson, Medical Law, Text, Cases and Materials, (4th edn, OUP 2016)
Suggested supplementary reading:
J McHale and M Fox, Health Care Law: Text and Materials, (2nd edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2007)
GT Laurie, SHE Harmon and G Porter, Mason and McCall Smith’s Law and Medical Ethics,(10th edn, OUP 2016)
T Beauchamp and J Childress, Principles of Biomedical Ethics, (7th edn, OUP 2008)
Additional Reading:
P Singer, Practical Ethics (3rd edn, CUP, 2011)
In addition, chapters and journal articles as recommended for each teaching session.