Law and medicine can be caught in a tight embrace. They both play a central role in the politics of harm, making decisions regarding what counts as injury and what might be the most suitable forms of redress or remedy. But where do law and medicine converge and diverge in their responses to and understandings of harm and suffering? Using empirical case studies from Europe, the Americas and Africa, The Clinic and the Court brings together leading medical and legal anthropologists to explore this question.
| ISBN: | 9781107076242 |
| Publication date: | 30th April 2015 |
| Author: | Ian Harper, Tobias Kelly, Akshay Khanna |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Law and Society |
| Genres: |
Medical and healthcare law Ethics and moral philosophy Social and cultural anthropology Law Medical ethics and professional conduct Medical sociology |