Principles of Medical Law 3e

Principles of Medical Law is the leading practitioner text in medical law. Now in its third edition, it provides a comprehensive and scholarly account of the common law and statutory provisions governing care provision in England and Wales. The contributors include many of the leading academics and practitioners working in the area of medical law today. The book provides an authoritative and up-to-date account of medical law whilst also seeking to set the law in context and critique its application. This new edition will include greater consideration of related health care ethics and human rights issues where appropriate. The book includes major statutory and common law changes including the Human Tissue Act 2008. authoritative, detailed and scholarly... an essential purchase for any practitioner involved in any aspect of the law pertaining to healthcare. Phillip taylor MBE and Elixabeth Taylor of Richmond Green ChambersPART 1.THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ; 1. The organisation of health care ; 2. Regulating health care professions ; PART 2. CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE ; 3. Duties in contract and tort ; 4. Breach of duty ; 5. Actions arising from birth ; 6. Causation and defences ; 7. Institutional liability ; PART 3. PATIENTS' RIGHTS ; 8. Consent to treatment: the competent patient ; 9. The test for capacity ; 10. Consent to treatment: patients lacking capacity and children ; 11. Mental health law ; 12. Confidentiality and data protection ; 13. Clinical research ; PART 4. THE LAW AND REPRODUCTION ; 14. Medically assisted reproduction ; 15. Reproductive genetics ; 16. Abortion ; PART 5. MEDICINAL PRODUCTS AND DEVICES ; 17. The regulation of medicinal products and medical divices ; 18. Products liability ; PART 6. REGULATING HUMAN MATERIAL ; 19. The legal regulation of the use of human material ; 20. Patenting and the human body ; PART 7. THE END OF LIFE ; 21. Ending life ; 22. Death