Blackstone's Statutes Series 
Caddell & Johnson: Media Law 2eBlackstone's Statutes Series
Web links
Department of Health
And especially the following pages of the site:
Consent
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4005762
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publichealth/Scientificdevelopmentgeneticsandbioethics/Consent/Consentgeneralinformation/index.htm
Assisted conception
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/Fertility/index.htm
Health Care standards
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publichealth/Patientsafety/Healthcarestandards/index.htm
Contraception for people under 16
www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/08/69/14/04086914.pdf
Good doctors, safer patients
www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidanceArticle/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4137232&chk=KW63va
EU Tissues and Cells Directive
www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/Tissue/TissueGeneralInformation/TissueGeneralArticle/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4136920&chk=auCGzn
Mental Capacity Act 2005
Explanatory Notes
www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2005/en/ukpgaen_20050009_en_1
Code of Practice
www.dca.gov.uk/legal-policy/mental-capacity/mca-cp.pdf
British Medical Association
And especially the following pages of the site:
Confidentiality:
www.bma.org.uk/ethics/confidentiality/
Consent and capacity
www.bma.org.uk/ethics/consent_and_capacity/
End of life issues
www.bma.org.uk/ethics/end_life_issues/
www.bma.org.uk/ethics/end_life_issues/Withdrawwithhold.jsp
www.bma.org.uk/ethics/end_life_issues/Assisdyingsum.jsp
Human Rights
www.bma.org.uk/ethics/human_rights/
CPR
www.bma.org.uk/ethics/cardiopulmonary_resuscitation/
Organ transplantation and donation
www.bma.org.uk/ethics/organ_transplantation_donation/
Care Quality Commission
Human Fertilisation and Embryology
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
www.hfea.gov.uk
Choices and Boundaries
www.hfea.gov.uk/cps/rde/xbcr/SID-3F57D79B-57FD552F/hfea/Choices_Boundaries.pdf
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1990/Ukpga_19900037_en_1.htm
Department of health Consultation on HFEA 1990
www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/11/78/72/04117872.pdf
Tomorrow's Children: Report of the Policy Review of the Welfare of the Child assessments in licensed assisted conception clinics. Contains recommendations for reform of the guidance which governs access to fertility treatment.
www.hfea.gov.uk/docs/TomorrowsChildren_report.pdf
Revised Code of Practice
www.hfea.gov.uk/523.html
General Medical Council
And especially the following pages:
Confidentiality
http://www.gmc-uk.org/news/3783.asp
Good Medical Practice (2006)
www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/good_medical_practice/index.asp
0-18 Years, Guidance for all Doctors (GMC)
www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/archive/GMC_0-18.pdf
Consent (June 2008)
www.gmc-uk.org/news/articles/Consent_guidance.pdf
End of life treatment and care: Good practice in decision-making. A draft for consultation
http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/news_consultation/eoldocs/CONSULTATION_DRAFT_GUIDANCE.pdf
Reports
Alder Hey
www.rlcinquiry.org.uk
Bristol
www.bristol-inquiry.org.uk/final_report
Human Tissue Authority
www.hta.gov.uk
www.hta.gov.uk/guidance/codes_of_practice.cfm
www.hta.gov.uk/about_hta/human_tissue_act.cfm
Mental Incapacity - Department of Constitutional Affairs
www.dca.gov.uk/menincap/legis.htm
Mental Health Law
Protecting the vulnerable: the Bournewood consultation
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Responsestoconsultations/DH_4136791
Mental Health Act 1983
www.cqc.org.uk/guidanceforprofessionals/mentalhealthact.cfm
Mental Health Act 2007
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/NationalServiceFrameworks/Mentalhealth/DH_077352
Revised Code of Practice (November 2008)
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_084597
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Abortion
BMA
www.bma.org.uk/ethics/reproduction_genetics/LawEthicsAbortion2007.jsp
www.bma.org.uk/ethics/reproduction_genetics/AbortionTimeLimits.jsp
NHS
NHS Redress bill: Statement of Policy
www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/12/32/82/04123282.pdf
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