Principles of medical law
By: edited by Andrew Grubb, Judith Laing, Jean McHale ; consultant editor Ian Kennedy
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1205
ISBN-13: 9780199544400
Subjects: Medical care; Law and legislation; Medical laws and legislation
Description: Replete with references to primary sources and the secondary literature, this major undertaking provides a comprehensive exposition of English medical law, from the organization of health care to the legal meaning of death.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The organization of health care / Christopher Newdick; title: Regulating health care professions / Mary O'Rourke and Jonathan Holl-Allen; title: Duties in contract and tort / Rachael Mulheron; title: Breach of duty / Philippa Whipple and Philip Havers; title: Actions arising from birth / Stephen Todd; title: Causation and defences / Richard Goldberg; title: Institutional liability / Keith Syrett; title: Consent to treatment : the competent patient / David Lock; title: The test for capacity / David Lock and James Munby; title: Consent to treatment : patients lacking capacity and children / James Munby; title: Mental health law / Judith Laing and Nicola Glover-Thomas; title: Confidentiality and data protection / Shaun Pattinson and Deryck Beyleveld; title: Clinical research / Jean McHale; title: Medically assisted reproduction / Michael Freeman; title: Reproductive genetics / Michael Freeman; title: Abortion / Emily Jackson; title: The regulation of medicinal products and medical devices / Christopher Hodges; title: Products liability / Harvey Teff; title: The legal regulation of human material / Jean McHale; title: Patenting and the human body / Graeme Laurie; title: Ending life / Jonathan Herring; title: Death / Kenyon Mason.