Medical malpractice law
By: John Healy.
Publisher: Round Hall/Thomson Reuters
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1011
ISBN-13: 9781858004761
Subjects: Physicians -- Malpractice; Medical personnel -- Malpractice; Malpractice; Medical laws and legislation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The medical profession and the law; title: Civil liability and process; title: Litigious delay in medical claims; title: Institutional liability for medical malpractice; title: Duties and standards of care owed by doctors; title: Illustrative cases of medical negligence; title: Birth related injuries; title: The duty to disclose medical risks : foundation principles; title: Lineaments of the medical non-disclosure action; title: Innovative and experimental treatment; title: Proof of medical malpractice; title: Medical causation; title: Daminum and damages; title: Authority to perform medical treatment; title: Liability for trespasses and intentional wrongs.