Publisher's Synopsis
This is a guide to the many contentious dilemmas facing those involved in health care today. This book draws on the author's experience as an adviser to the British Medical Association and is written with the patient in mind.;The subjects include the rights of a mother to see and spend time with her still-born premature baby, the current legal situation over euthanasia and "living wills", a teenager's rights to gain contraception or refuse medical treatment, access to medical records, test trials and experimentation and much more.
