| Title: | The relationship between doctors, patients and the law in North American and British literature |
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| Authors: | ID Kennedy, Victor (Author)
ID Univerza v Mariboru (Copyright holder) |
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| Files: |  Medicine,_law_&_society_2016_Kennedy_The_relationship_between_doctors,_patients_and_the_law_in_North_American_and_British_literature.pdf (302,21 KB)
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PID: 20.500.12556/dkum/d061313a-a88a-4107-9264-a0c3bd7c0187
 http://journals.um.si/index.php/medicine/article/view/6
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Scientific work |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | PF - Faculty of Law
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| Abstract: | In common law jurisdictions today, the relationship between doctors and patients is generally considered to be a private one (Dorr Goold and Lipkin Jr., 1999). Like most professions, doctors are governed to a large extent by professional associations with their own Codes of Ethics. To practice medicine in the United States, Canada, or Britain, doctors must be licensed by their local Board or College. Government control of doctor-patient relationships is generally limited to funding, but in a few areas, in particular, those that are considered to be matters of public morality or ethics, criminal statutes can apply. Historically, reproductive rights have often fallen under state control. This paper will compare fictional representations of state interference with reproductive rights in three science-fiction dystopias, Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale (Atwood, 1985), P.D. James's Children of Men (James, 1992), and Harlan Ellison's "A Boy and His Dog" (Ellison, 1969), and examine the real-world situations and concerns that these stories comment upon. |
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| Keywords: | doctors, patients, relationship, common law, American literature, British literature |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Year of publishing: | 2016 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 1-10 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 9, št. 1 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-72560  |
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| ISSN: | 2463-7955 |
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| UDC: | 821.111.09+821.111(71+73) |
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| ISSN on article: | 2463-7955 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 22042120 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UM:DK:ES3O0WCW |
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| Copyright: | Univerza v Mariboru |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 08.10.2018 |
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| Views: | 1111 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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