Investigating the law’s role in shaping the provision of healthcare, mental healthcare and care in other contexts. Our research provides critical, empirical and ethical analysis of Health Law, Mental Health Law, Mental Capacity and wider Bioethics, focusing on social justice, autonomy, rights and detention in clinical settings for real-world impact.
Research focuses on medical law, mental health, capacity, bioethics, reproductive rights, and healthcare regulation. Scholars explore how legal frameworks respond to vulnerability, autonomy, and the rights of those receiving or providing care, using doctrinal, ethical, and socio-legal methods.
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Law, Health and Care centres around Medical law, mental health law, mental capacity, bioethics, healthcare regulation, reproductive rights, and legal responses to vulnerability, care, and decision-making across clinical and social contexts.
