Further reading

Beauchamp, T. and Childress, J. (1994) Principles of Biomedical Ethics, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

British Medical Association (1993) Medical Ethics Today: Its Practice and Philosophy, BMA, London.

Gilion, R. (ed.) (1994) Principles of Healthcare Ethics, John Wiley, Chicester.

McHale, J. and Fox, J. (1997) Healthcare Law Text and Materials, Sweet and Maxwell, London.

Rosenthal, M. (1994) The Incompetent Doctor, Open University Press, Buckingham.

Royal College of Surgeons of England (1996) Code of Practice for the Surgical Management of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Royal College of Surgeons, London.

Senate of Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland (1997) The Surgeon’s Duty of Care: Guidance For Surgeons on Ethical and Legal Issues, Royal College of Surgeons, London.

Wear, S. (1993) Informed Consent, Kluwer, Dordrecht.

White, B. (1994) Competence to Consent, Georgetown Uni­versity Press, Washington, DC.