Principles of Medical Law 5th ed

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Principles of Medical Law 5th ed

Edited by Judith Laing · Jean McHale
Oxford University Press November 2025

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ISBN-13
9780192869791
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication
November 2025
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Principles of Medical Law is the leading practitioner text in its field. Now in its fifth 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 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 indispensable research tool for practitioners and academics alike.

Table of Contents

Part I
1:The Organisation of Health Care
2:Regulating Health Care Professions

Part II
3:Duties in Contract and Tort
4:Breach of Duty
5:Actions Arising from Birth
6:Causation and Defences
7:Institutional Liability

Part III
8:Consent to Treatment: The Competent Patient
9:The Tests for Incapacity
10:Care and Treatment of Those Lacking Decision-making Capacity
11:Mental Health Law
12:Confidentiality and Data Protection
13:Clinical Research

Part IV
14:Medically Assisted Reproduction
15:Abortion

Part V
16:The Regulation of Medicinal Products and Medical Devices
17:Products Liability

Part VI
18:The Legal Regulation of Human Material
19:Medical Innovation, Patenting and the Human Body

Part VII
20:Ending Life
21:Death
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