ǂThe ǂrelationship between doctors, patients and the law in North American and British literature

Povzetek

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 College1 . 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.

Ključne besede

zdravniki;pacienti;relationship;zakonodaja;ameriška književnost;angleška književnost;doctors;patients;common law;American literature;British literature;

Podatki

Jezik:	Angleški jezik
Leto izida:	2016
Tipologija:	1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
Organizacija:	UM FF - Filozofska fakulteta
UDK:	821.111.09+821.111(71+73)
COBISS:	22042120
ISSN:	2463-7955
Matična publikacija:	Medicine, law & society
Št. ogledov:	620
Št. prenosov:	108
Ocena:	0 (0 glasov)
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Sekundarni jezik:	Slovenski jezik
Sekundarne ključne besede:	zdravniki;pacienti;relationship;zakonodaja;ameriška književnost;angleška književnost;
URN:	URN:NBN:SI
Vrsta dela (COBISS):	Znanstveno delo
Strani:	str. 1-10
Letnik:	ǂVol. ǂ9
Zvezek:	ǂno. ǂ1
Čas izdaje:	Apr. 2016
DOI:	10.18690/24637955.9.1.1-10(2016)
ID:	10976104