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Exploitation, Ethics and Law: Violating the Ethos of the Doctor-Patient Relationship
This book provides an assessment of whether exploitation in the doctor-patient relationship is a special case. It contextualises the evaluation by exploring the nature of this relationship and making an assessment of patients' vulnerability to such exploitation.
| Author(s) | By Suzanne Ost, Hazel Biggs (University of Lancaster, UK). |
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| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 252 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 31 May 2023 |
| Availability | POD |
This book provides an assessment of whether exploitation in the doctor-patient relationship is a special case. It contextualises the evaluation by exploring the nature of this relationship and making an assessment of patients' vulnerability to such exploitation.
Introduction What is exploitation? Philosophical foundations Wrongful exploitation in the doctor-patient relationship Patient vulnerability and exploitation Sexual exploitation in the doctor-patient relationship Part
Suzanne Ost is Professor of Law at Lancaster University. Her publications on health care law and bioethics, and child sexual exploitation, include Medicine and Bioethics in the Theatre of the Criminal Process (with Margaret Brazier), and Child Pornography
