Clinical Negligence, 4th edition

Contents:

1. The law – Margaret Bickford Smith and Peter Houghton
2. Clinical Governance – Professor Aidan Halligan
3. Clinical risk and complaints – Jane Chapman
4. Compensation schemes (new chapter) – Anthony Barton
5. Agencies – Tim Goldburn
6. Poor Performance and medical professional governance – Sir Liam Donaldson,
   Dr Alaistair Scotland, Peter Old and Ian Stone
   
7. UK Medical Defence Organisations – Dr Priya Singh
8. Clinical Negligence and Human Rights (new chapter) – Philip Havers and Rachel
   Marcus
9. The role of the NHSLA – Steve Walker and John Mead
10. Fatal iatrogenic injuries – The inquest – Michael Powers
11. Funding clinical negligence actions – Anthony Barton
12. Preliminary steps for the claimant – Richard Vallance and Stephanie Code
13. Preparation of medical evidence on liability – David Black
14. The medical report and duties of the expert witness – Dr Evelyn Pollock and Nigel Harris
15. The conduct of proceedings – Marek Bednarcyzk and Master John Ungley
16. Medical ethics – the duty of care principle and practice – Michael Harrison and
    Elaine Gadd
17. Consent to treatment – Andrew Hockton
18. Limitation of actions – Gordon Catford
19. The role of leading counsel – Robert Francis
20. Lump sums and periodical payments (new chapter) – Jennifer Stone and Nick
    Leech
21. Mediation and ADR (new chapter) – Jonathan Dingle
22. Settlements – Stephen Miller and Shaheen Rahmen
23. The trial – James Badenoch and John Whitting
24. Product liability for medicinal products – Ian Dodds-Smith, Michael Spencer and Jacqueline Bore
25. Causation – Anthony Barton
26. Statistics in evidence – Professor Ken MacRae deceased and Anthony Barton
27. General Practice – Brian Hurwitz
28. Accident and emergency medicine – Robin Touquest, Julian Redhead, Ian McOnochie and Nigel Harris
29. Clinical negligence in trauma and orthopaedics – Nigel Harris
30. Latrogenous injuries of the peripheral nerves – Rolfe Birch
31. Clinical negligence in Neurosurgery – Glenn Neil-Dwyer
32. Clinical negligence in spinal surgery – Adrian Casey
33. Neonatology – Malcolm Chiswick
34. Paediatric neurology – Lewis Rosenbloom
35. Paediatric surgery (new chapter) – Robert Wheeler
36. Neurology – Martin Brown and Graham Venables
37. Medico-legal problems in the non-surgical management of cancer – Dr Jellife
38. Psychiatry - David Gill and Maggie Bloom
39. Anaesthetics – Alan Aitkenhead
40. General surgery – John Scurr
41. Breast surgery (new chapter) – Hugh Bishop
42. Medico-legal aspects of laparoscopic surgery – Rory McCloy
43. Urological surgery – Raymond carroll and Ian Pearce
44. Obstetrics and gynaecology – Leroy Edozien
45. Cardiothoracic surgery – Mr Rajesh
46. Clinical negligence in plastic surgery – Dai Davis
47. Otorhinolaryngology – Professor Wright
48. Ophthalmology – Paul Riodan-Eva
49. Dental surgery – Anthony Halperin
50. Litigation in clinical radiology – Peter Armstrong
51. Medical imaging – Elizabeth Dick and John Stevens
52. Surgical care practitioners (new chapter) – Linda de Cossart
53. Hospital acquired infections (new chapter) – Barry Cookson
54. Imaging for perinatal and early childhood neurological problems – Brian Kendall
55. Intensive care – Julian Bion and Margaret Branthwaite
56. Infectious disease in children (new chapter) – Michael Tarlow