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This book examines the relationship between medicine, ethics and the law in Ireland. It provides a comprehensive and accessible analysis of the main legal and ethics and issues in healthcare and the relationship between doctors and patients by examining the relevant case law and legislative provisions in Ireland and, where appropriate, in other jurisdictions, and by looking at important academic contributions to the field. It explores the key issues of the importance of patient-centred care, respect for autonomy and human dignity, the protection of human rights, and the appropriate role of law in healthcare. This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Irish Medical Law online service.

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...Prof Madden is clear, factual and pragmatic...Overall, the third edition of this book is a unique valuable addition to the literature on ethics, medicine and law in Ireland. It is an exceptionally well-structured and well-informed volume, highly readable, easily navigable and extremely reliable. -- Prof Brendan Kelly, Trinity College, Dublin * The Medical Independent (review of the previous edition) * It is a privilege to be asked to write the foreword to a book of such quality as this… There can be no doubt that readers are lucky to have someone with Professor Madden’s unrivalled experience as the author of this, the leading and fascinating text on the interplay between law, medicine and ethics in Ireland. -- Michael Twomey * Foreword to the 4th edition *

...Prof Madden is clear, factual and pragmatic...Overall, the third edition of this book is a unique valuable addition to the literature on ethics, medicine and law in Ireland. It is an exceptionally well-structured and well-informed volume, highly readable, easily navigable and extremely reliable. -- Prof Brendan Kelly, Trinity College, Dublin * The Medical Independent (review of the previous edition) *

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Deirdre Madden BCL, LLM, BL, PhD, MRIA is Professor of Law at UCC specialising in healthcare law and ethics. In addition to her textbooks and peer-reviewed articles across the area of health law, Professor Madden has authored/co-authored reports on Assisted Human Reproduction, Post-Mortem Practice and Procedure, Patient Safety and Quality Assurance, and the Role? of Voluntary Organisations in health and social care. She has been a member of many national advisory committees, expert working groups and regulatory bodies in the areas of bioethics, patient safety, and healthcare regulation including the Medical Council, the Health and Social Care Professionals Council, the Health Information and Quality Authority, the National Advisory Committee on Bioethics, the Expert Group on the Implementation of the ABC v Ireland, and the Expert Advisory Group to the Citizen’s Assembly on the 8th Amendment to the Constitution. She has been an Ethics Reviewer for the European Commission for over 20 years and has been a Visiting Professor in the UK, US, and Australia. She was elected as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2020 and is currently Deputy Chair of the Board of the Health Service Executive.

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