Comparative Health Law and Policy - 9780367599713

Taylor & Francis

This collection provides a comparative analysis of health policies and laws in Nigeria with those in the UK, USA, Canada and South Africa. It critically examines the duties and rights of physicians, patients, health institutions and organizations against the backdrop of increased awareness of rights among patient populations. The subjects, which ar > Health law and policy in Nigeria is an evolving and complex field of law, spanning a broad legal landscape and drawn from various sources. In addressing and interacting with these sources the volume advances research on health care law and policy in Nigeria and spells the beginning of what may now be formally termed the \u2019Nigerian health law and policy\u2019 legal field. The collection provides a comparative analysis of relevant health policies and laws, such as reproductive and sexual health policy, organ donation and transplantation, abortion and assisted conception, with those in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and So.