Religion, Medicine and the Law

Is the legal protection that is given to the expression of Abrahamic religious belief adequate or appropriate in the context of English medical law? This book develops a framework to support judges in the resolution of contentious cases that involve dissension between religious belief and medical law.

Clayton Ó Néill is a Lecturer in Law at Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, UK. He has recently co-edited a book, entitled Global Patient Safety Law Policy and Practice (Routledge).

Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Mode of Inquiry: An Indirect Application of the Principle of Generic Consistency; Chapter 3: The Religiously-Inspired Principle of Double Effect in English Medical Law; Chapter 4: Adult Jehovah's Witnesses and Refusal of Blood Transfusions in English Medical law; Chapter 5: Children, Jehovah's Witnesses and Refusal of Blood Transfusions; Chapter 6: Ritual male circumcision and the manifestation of religious belief in English Medical law; Chapter 7: Illegal Circumcision: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM); Chapter 8: Is Appropriate Protection given under English law to Conscientious Objection to Abortion?; Chapter 9: Conclusion;