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The Wheels of Justice: Understanding the Pace of Civil High Court Cases
Delays in the court process are a key obstacle in accessing justice. Delay creates costs; not only in the loss of time but also financial and psychological costs. These costs are borne by the litigants, the economy, and ...
Health Professionals and Trust: The Cure for Healthcare Law and Policy
An ever increasing number of codes of conduct, disciplinary bodies, ethics committees and bureaucratic policies now prescribe how health professionals and health researchers relate to their patients. In this book, Mark ...
Genes, Society and the Future: Main Findings
Since the completion of the sequencing and mapping of the human genome in April 2003, the potential for genetic medicine to be used as a testing, diagnostic and treatment tool for multiple diseases is becoming a reality. ...
Choosing Genes for Future Children: Main Findings
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is publicly funded in New Zealand from 2006. PGD poses a range of issues that have ongoing significance for other later emerging applications of genetic technologies arising from the ...
International child abduction, intercountry adoption and international commercial surrogacy
The significance and complexities of both international child abduction and intercountry adoption led to the creation of two Hague Conventions. This chapter analyses the policy challenges facing the international aspects ...
Health Professionals and Trust: The Cure for Healthcare Law and Policy
An ever increasing number of codes of conduct, disciplinary bodies, ethics committees and bureaucratic policies now prescribe how health professionals and health researchers relate to their patients. In this book, Mark ...