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Principles of Medical Law, 4th Edition

Principles of Medical Law, 4th Edition

Author: Andrew Grubb; Judith Laing; Jean McHale
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198732518

Previous Edition ISBN: 9780199544400
Published In: March 2017
Format: Hardback
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Principles of Medical Law is the leading practitioner text in its field. Now in its fourth edition, it provides a comprehensive and scholarly account of the common law and statutory provisions governing healthcare provision in England and Wales.

It offers an authoritative and up-to-date account of medical law whilst also seeking to set the law in context and critique its application.

The contributors include many of the leading academics and practitioners working in the area of medical law today, who together offer a balanced, reliable, and considered perspective. The clear layout, accessible writing style, extensive referencing, and detailed index make this an indispensible research tool for practitioners and academics alike.

New to this Edition:-

Reform of the NHS in the Health and Social Care Act 2012
Developments in the Care Act 2014 and the duty of candour
Consideration of the implications of the new EU Clinical Trials Regulation
New cases including Supreme Court decisions in Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v James and Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board
Recent jurisprudence, including P v Cheshire West and developments relating to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Deprivation of Liberty safeguards
Major reform of the fitness to practice provisions concerning the General Medical Council

Contents:: Part
1.The health care system; 1: Christopher Newdick: The organisation of health care; 2: Mary O'Rourke and Jonathan Holl-Allen: Regulating health care professionals; Part
2. Clinical negligence; 3: Rachel Mulheron: Duties in contract and tort; 4: Philippa Whipple and Philip Havers: 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: David Lock: Consent to treatment: the competent patient; 9: David Lock: The test for capacity; 10: Mr Justice James Munby: Consent to treatment- patients lacking capacity and children; 11: Judith Laing: Mental health law; 12: Shaun Pattinson and Deryck Beyleveld: 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: Regulating medicinal products and devices; 18: Harvey Teff: Products liability; Part
6. Regulating human material; 19: Jean McHale: The legal regulation of the use of human material; 20: Graeme Laurie: Patenting and the human body; Part
7. The end of life; 21: Jonathan Herring: Ending life; 22: J.K. Mason: Death

Edited by Andrew Grubb, Senior Immigration Judge, Judith Laing, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Bristol, and Jean McHale, Professor of Health Care Law and Director of the Institute of Medical Law, University of Birmingham

Consultant Editor Professor Sir Ian Kennedy

Contributors:
Deryck Beyleveld
Professor of Law and Bioethics, University of Durham

Michael Freeman
Professor of English law, University College London

Richard Goldberg
Reader in Law, University of Aberdeen

Philip Havers QC
Barrister, 1 Crown Office Row, London

Dr. Jonathan Herring,
Fellow of Exeter College, University of Oxford

Christopher Hodges
Head of CMS research programme in Civil Justice Systems, Centre for Socio-legal Studies, University of Oxford

Jonathan Holl-Allen
Barrister, 3 Serjeant's Inn, London

Emily Jackson
Professor of Law, London School of Economics

Judith Laing
Senior Lecturer in Law, School of Law, University of Bristol

Graeme Laurie
Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, University of Edinburgh

David Lock
Barrister, No 5 Chambers, Government Minister from 1999 to 2001

Kenyon Mason
Emeritus Professor of Forensic Medicine, University of Edinburgh

Jean McHale
Professor of Health Care Law and Director of the Institute of Medical Law, University of Birmingham

Rachael Mulheron
Professor of Law, Queen Mary University of London

Sir James Munby
A Lord Justice of Appeal

Christopher Newdick
Professor of Health Law, University of Reading

Mary O'Rourke QC
Barrister, 3 Serjeant's Inn, London

Shaun Pattinson
Reader in Law, University of Durham

Keith Syrett
Reader in Public Law and health Policy, University of Bristol

Harvey Teff,
Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Durham

Stephen Todd
Professor of Common Law, University of Nottingham

Philippa Whipple QC
Barrister, 1 Crown Office Row, London

"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 Chambers