No Justice without Care
This lecture will reflect upon the discipline of healthcare law and offer some insights into the ways in which the field has developed over the last two decades. It will argue that the legal construction of the patient as a separate, isolated, individual, protected through the legal doctrine of consent with reference to principles of respect for autonomy and self-determination, results in a failure to recognise the centrality of caring relationships to both children and adults. With reference to a range of high profile cases, the lecture will examine examples where the courts have attempted, and those in which the courts have failed, to recognise the importance of caring relationships to high quality healthcare and that the legal framework needs to respect both the individual rights of patients and the relationships they have with those who care for, and about, them to support good practice in healthcare: that there is no justice without care.
This is an open public event and everyone is welcome to attend, but we do ask that you book your place as numbers are limited.
The lecture will be followed by a wine reception.
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