
The Development of Medical Liability
Ewoud Hondius(Editor)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 31. July 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
234 pages
978-1-107-47582-3 (ISBN)
Description
The way the law responds to death or personal injury resulting from medical treatment has changed over time. Expectations of success in medical interventions have risen. Hospitals have become more complex and use more advanced technology. This has had an impact on the liability of medical practitioners, both in generating new problems and in raising standards of expected care. While the focus is civil liability, typically either through contract or tort, this volume of essays also examines compensation systems outside private law. This topic has grown in significance since 1945. The problems encountered by the law are similar across the different jurisdictions, even if the health service arrangements are different. The legal changes are also set against changes in the institutional background, such as the role of the state, the availability of insurance and the professionalisation of medical practitioners.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
346 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-47582-3 (9781107475823)
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Person
Ewoud Hondius is Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Content
1. General introduction Ewoud Hondius; 2. The development of medical liability in England and Wales Warren Swain; 3. The development of medical liability in Scotland Niall Whitty; 4. The development of medical liability and accident compensation in France Simon Taylor; 5. The development of medical liability in Austria Bernhard Koch; 6. The development of medical liability in the Netherlands Ewoud Hondius; 7. The development of medical liability in Spain Maria Paz Garcia Rubio and Belen Trigo Garcia.