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Zusatztext The involvement of different academics and legal practitioners sets this apart from other medical law books, and it is thus an important contribution to existing literature in the field. Informationen zum Autor Dr Judith Laing is a Reader in the School of Law at the University of Bristol. She has published extensively in a number of peer-reviewed journals and edited collections on aspects of mental health, medical law, and criminal law and justice. As well as being involved with previous editions of Principles of Medical Law, her books include Care or Custody? Mentally Disordered Offenders in the Criminal Justice System (OUP, 1999) and Criminal Justice, Mental Health and the Politics of Risk (edited with Gray & Noaks; Routledge, 2001). Judith is a member of the Editorial Board of the Medical Law Review and Journal of Medical Law and Ethics, and she has previously held editorial positions with the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law and the Journal of Law and Society.Jean V. McHale is Professor of Health Care Law and Director of the Centre for Health Law, Science & Policy at the University of Birmingham. Her books include Medical Confidentiality and Legal Privilege (Routledge, 1993); Health Care Law: Texts, Cases and Materials (with Fox) (2nd ed. 2007, Sweet and Maxwell); Law and Nursing (3rd ed. with Tingle, Butterworths, Heinmann, 2007); Principles of Mental Health Law (edited with Bartlett, Gostin, Fennell, and McKay) (OUP, 2010); Routledge Handbook on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (edited with Gale) (Routledge, 2015); and European Health Law: Themes and Implications (with Hervey) (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Klappentext Principles of Medical Law provides a comprehensive analysis of the common law and statutory provisions pertaining to healthcare provision in England and Wales. Now in its fourth edition, this classic text has been fully updated to cover major statutory changes as well as significant developments in case law. Zusammenfassung Principles of Medical Law provides a comprehensive analysis of the common law and statutory provisions pertaining to healthcare provision in England and Wales. Now in its fourth edition, this classic text has been fully updated to cover major statutory changes as well as significant developments in case law. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1. The health care system 1: Keith Syrett: The organisation of health care 2: Paula Case: Regulating health care professions Part 2. Clinical negligence 3: Rachel Mulheron: Duties in contract and tort 4: Philippa Whipple QC and Philip Havers QC: Breach of duty 5: Stephen Todd: Actions arising from birth 6: Richard Goldberg: Causation and defences 7: Keith Syrett: Institutional liability Part 3. Patients' rights 8: Jean McHale: Consent to treatment: the competent patient 9: Neil Allen and Sir James Munby: The test for capacity 10: Neil Allen and Sir James Munby: Consent to treatment: patients lacking capacity and children 11: Judith Laing and Nicola Glover-Thomas: Mental health law 12: Mark Taylor: Confidentiality and data protection 13: Jean McHale: Clinical research Part 4. The law and reproduction 14: Michael Freeman: Medically assisted reproduction 15: Michael Freeman: Reproductive genetics 16: Emily Jackson: Abortion Part 5. Medicinal products and devices 17: Christopher Hodges: The regulation of medicinal products and medical devices 18: Richard Goldberg: Products liability Part 6. Regulating human material 19: Jean McHale: The legal regulation of the use of human material 20: Amanda Warren-Jones: Patenting and the human body Part 7. The end of life 21: Jonathan Herring: Ending life 22: Murray Earle: Death ...
