Medical Accident Liability and Redress in English and French Law

Considers the lessons that French medical accident liability and redress law provides for possible reform in England and elsewhere.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The state of medical accident liability and redress in England; 2. Medical accident liability and redress in France: a comparative analysis; 3. Differing cultures of civil liability; 4. The cost of medical accident redress; 5. Problems posed by the French Administrative Compensation Scheme; 6. Shaping the doctor-patient relationship through civil liability law; 7. Medical accident liability and redress: promoting patient safety?; General conclusion.

About the author

Simon Taylor is a senior lecturer at the Université Paris Diderot. He also teaches at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, and at the University of Bergamo, Italy. A member of the Sorbonne Institute of Legal Research and the Groupe de Recherche Européenne sur la Responsabilité Civile et l'Assurance, he is a contributor to projects for the European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law, Vienna.

Summary

French law on clinical negligence and compensation of medical accident victims provides a particularly innovative model for potential reform in England and elsewhere. This book will appeal to all those interested in reform in this area as well as in French tort law and comparative tort law more generally.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Taylor
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.06.2015
• EAN: 9781107102804
• ISBN: 978-1-107-10280-4
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; England, Wales, France, Law, LAW / Torts, comparative law, Medical and healthcare law, Private International Law & Conflict Of Laws, Private / Civil law: general works, Torts / Delicts