Rethinking Medical Negligence

This important monograph looks at the question of patient autonomy, and its relationship to the tort of negligence.

It tracks the historical development of that autonomy and its subsequent ideological promotion. It tracks how this development over the landscape of negligence has distorted conventional doctrines underpinning the duty of care, standard of care, and causation. It is a significant assessment of the impact of autonomy on medical negligence by a leading scholar in the field.

About the author

Kumaralingam Amirthalingam is Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore.

Product details

• Authors: Kumaralingam Amirthalingam, Kumaralingam Amirthalingam
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 07.08.2025
• EAN: 9781509937790
• ISBN: 978-1-5099-3779-0
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Hart Studies in Private Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Medical Law & Legislation, LAW / Torts, Medical & healthcare law, Medical and healthcare law, Law of torts, damages and compensation, Torts / Delicts, Autonomy; tort of negligence; medical law; Ethics