ETHICAL AND LEGAL DEBATES IN IRISH HEALTHCARE
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Contents
Introduction
Mary Donnelly and Claire Murray
1 Reproductive justice in Ireland: a feminist analysis of the Neary and Halappanavar cases
Joan McCarthy
2 Conscientious objection, harm reduction and abortion care
Ruth Fletcher
3 Why care about carers?
Claire Murray
4 The limits of autonomy: an exploration of the role of autonomy in the debate about assisted suicide
Louise Campbell
5 If they can consent, why cant they refuse?
Tom Walker
6 Patient autonomy and responsibilities within the patientdoctor partnership: two sides of the same unequal coin?
Asim A. Sheikh
7 Older people, human rights, law and policy
Mary Keys
8 Legal and ethical considerations in involuntary admissions to long-term care
Shaun T. OKeeffe
9 Retention and use of human biological samples: the Guthrie card example
Deirdre Madden
10 A moral gap? Examining Irelands failure to regulate embryonic stem cell research
Ciara Staunton
11 Children in clinical trials in Ireland: addressing the gaps in the legal framework
Katherine Wade
12 Governance failures and organisational ethics: perspectives from the Neary and Halappanavar cases
Heike Felzmann
13 Psychiatric admission in Ireland: the role of country of origin
Brendan D. Kelly
14 Protecting rights in mental health law: the relationship between the courts and mental health tribunals
Darius Whelan
15 Patient-centred dying: the role of law
Mary Donnelly
16 Improving end-of-life care in intensive care units
Barry Lyons
Contributors
Louise Campbell is a Clinical Ethicist and a Lecturer in Medical Ethics at National University of Ireland, Galway and co-author of End-of-Life Care: Ethics and Law (Cork: Cork University Press, 2011).
Mary Donnelly is a Professor of Law at University College Cork. Her books include Healthcare Decision-Making and the Law: Autonomy, Capacity and the Limits of Liberalism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010) and she is co-author of End-of-Life Care: Ethics and Law (Cork: Cork University Press, 2011).
Heike Felzmann is a Lecturer in Ethics at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Her research interests are in healthcare ethics, research ethics and information ethics. She has contributed to several European and national research projects on bioethical and research ethical issues and was a member of national working groups that developed Irish research ethics guidance documents.
Ruth Fletcher is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Law at Queen Mary, University of London. She is Academic Editor of Feminist Legal Studies and has published widely in the area of reproductive rights. She leads the ReValuing Care network, an international, interdisciplinary network which aims to create spaces for dialogue about care across a range of contexts.
Brendan D. Kelly is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at University College Dublin and Editor-in-Chief of the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine. Recent books include Custody, Care and Criminality (Dublin: The History Press), Ada English: Patriot and Psychiatrist (Dublin: Irish Academic Press) and He Lost Himself Completely: Shell Shock and its Treatment at Dublins Richmond War Hospital (19161919) (Dublin: Liffey Press).
Mary Keys is a Lecturer in Law at National University of Ireland, Galway and has published widely on mental health and mental capacity law. She is a member of the Mental Health Commission and is involved in a number of non-governmental organisations.
Barry Lyons is a Consultant Anaesthetist at Our Ladys Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin and a Lecturer in Medical Ethics at Trinity College Dublin. He holds a PhD in Bioethics from the University of Manchester and has published extensively in the fields of parental rights, children and bioethics.
Deirdre Madden is a Professor of Lawat University College Cork. Her books include Medicine, Ethics and the Law (Dublin: Bloomsbury, 2nd edn, 2011) and Medical Law (Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer, 2010). She was Chair of the Medical Councils Ethics Committee from 20062012 and is a member of the National Advisory Committee on Bioethics.
Joan McCarthy is a College Lecturer in Healthcare Ethics in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork.She is the author of