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Emergency Research: Law & Policy in the UK (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Pattinson, S. D. (2012, December). Emergency Research: Law & Policy in the UK. Paper presented at Emergency research: when consent might kill you, London

Emergency Research and the Interests of Participants (2012)
Journal Article
Pattinson, S. D. (2012). Emergency Research and the Interests of Participants. Medical Law International, 12(2), 121-141. https://doi.org/10.1177/0968533212465615

The UK Clinical Trials Regulations were amended in 2006 and 2008 to facilitate research on medicinal products administered in emergency situations. The Regulations, which implement the EU Clinical Trials Directive, had previously required prior conse... Read More about Emergency Research and the Interests of Participants.

The Value of Bodily Material: Acquiring and Allocating Human Gametes (2012)
Journal Article
Pattinson, S. D. (2012). The Value of Bodily Material: Acquiring and Allocating Human Gametes. Medical Law Review, 20(4), 576-603. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fws005

The UK is facing increasing demand for sperm and eggs for use in medical treatment and research. The disparity between supply and demand has led a number of UK bodies to recommend the adoption of a national donation system, at least with regard to ga... Read More about The Value of Bodily Material: Acquiring and Allocating Human Gametes.

Directed donation and ownership of human organs (2011)
Journal Article
Pattinson, S. D. (2011). Directed donation and ownership of human organs. Legal Studies, 31(3), 392-410. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-121x.2011.00195.x

This paper explores the issue of donation of organs from deceased donors for transplantation into a specified recipient. It argues that proper account should be taken of the principles underlying the Human Tissue Act 2004, which grant the donor a for... Read More about Directed donation and ownership of human organs.

Medical Law and Ethics (2011)
Book
Pattinson, S. D. (2011). Medical Law and Ethics. (3rd ed.). Sweet and Maxwell

This interdisciplinary text seeks to advance understanding of medical law by application of a moral and contextual framework initially outlined in the first chapter and, in the process, seeks to demonstrate the need for a moral epistemology of the ty... Read More about Medical Law and Ethics.

Confidentiality and Data Protection (2010)
Book Chapter
Pattinson, S. D., & Beyleveld, D. (2010). Confidentiality and Data Protection. In A. Grubb, J. Laing, & J. McHale (Eds.), Principles of medical law (651-723). (3rd). Oxford University Press

Defending Moral Precaution as a Solution to the Problem of Other Minds: A Reply to Holm and Coggon (2010)
Journal Article
Pattinson, S. D., & Beyleveld, D. (2010). Defending Moral Precaution as a Solution to the Problem of Other Minds: A Reply to Holm and Coggon. Ratio Juris: An international journal of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law, 23(2), 258-273. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9337.2010.00453.x

This article responds to Holm & Coggon (2009) 22 Ratio Juris 295–309, which criticises a thesis advanced and defended in earlier (joint and sole authored) work . This ‘precautionary thesis’ is re-expressed and developed to show that Holm & Coggon’s c... Read More about Defending Moral Precaution as a Solution to the Problem of Other Minds: A Reply to Holm and Coggon.

Consent and informational responsibility (2009)
Journal Article
Pattinson, S. D. (2009). Consent and informational responsibility. Journal of Medical Ethics, 35(3), 176-179. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2008.026401

The notion of “consent” is frequently referred to as “informed consent” to emphasise the informational component of a valid consent. This article considers aspects of that informational component. One misuse of the language of informed consent is hig... Read More about Consent and informational responsibility.

Medical Law and Ethics (2009)
Book
Pattinson, S. D. (2009). Medical Law and Ethics. (2nd ed.). Sweet and Maxwell

The Regulation of Hybrids and Chimeras in the UK (2009)
Book Chapter
Beyleveld, D., Finnegan, T., & Pattinson, S. D. (2009). The Regulation of Hybrids and Chimeras in the UK. In J. Taupitz, & M. Weschka (Eds.), Chimbrids : chimeras and hybrids in comparative European and international research : scientific, ethical, philosophical and legal aspects (603-825). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-93869-9_25

In this report, we will, for the most part, sidestep discussion of how “chimeras” and “hybrids” are to be defined and distinguished, by simply focusing on the UK’s regulation of the activities that CHIMBRIDS has identified as its concern. These are a... Read More about The Regulation of Hybrids and Chimeras in the UK.

Consent: Informational Symmetry and Asymmetry (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Pattinson, S. D. (2008, December). Consent: Informational Symmetry and Asymmetry. Paper presented at Invited paper, Birkbeck, University of London

Reproductive Cloning (2008)
Book Chapter
Pattinson, S. D. (2008). Reproductive Cloning. In P. Cane, & J. Conaghan (Eds.), The New Oxford Companion to Law (1013-1014). Oxford University Press

Prenatal Testing (2008)
Book Chapter
Pattinson, S. D. (2008). Prenatal Testing. In P. Cane, & J. Conaghan (Eds.), The new Oxford companion to law. Oxford University Press