Principles of Medical Law
4th Edition
Published on 23. March 2017
Book
Hardback
1344 pages
978-0-19-873251-8 (ISBN)
Description
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 indispensable research tool for practitioners and academics alike.
Reviews / Votes
Authoritative, detailed and scholarly... an essential purchase for any practitioner involved in any aspect of the law pertaining to healthcare. * Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, Richmond Green Chambers * It is a tribute to the merits of this book that one, while consulting it regularly, scarcely noticed that six years had lapsed since its first arrival... This book remains a monumental work, comprehensive in its coverage and apparently seamless in its presentation, thanks to skilful editing... For anyone wishing to gain a sound academic understanding of medical law, this remains the work to turn to. * B Mahendra, New Law Journal * This latest text is useful to the Practitioner because it considers in depth difficult issues... the layout is clear with separate parts, chapters and paragraphs for ease of reference. There is a wealth of footnotes and a comprehensive table of cases and statutes with an excellent index. The test of any substantial law text such as this is whether it becomes a leading work in the subject. This seems assured for Principles of Medical Law. * Jarlath Spellman, Barrister, The Bar Review * An outstanding piece of scholarship ... high in quality throughout, well internally cross-referenced and very well written ... By some distance it is the best textbook in the area. * Journal of Law and Medicine * This authoritative and detailed reference work will be an invaluable resource to practitioners, academics, and students alike. * European Journal of Health Care Law * Across almost 1,300 pages, seven parts and twenty-two articles, the book offers detailed analysis and commentary on a formidably broad range of other issues, from the organisation and regulation of health care, to actions arising from birth, to consent to treatment, to the regulation of medicinal products and medical devices a and of course, much more. Here is a field fraught with uncertainties and these too are dealt with in a measured, frank and analytical manner. * Phillip Taylor MBE, The Barrister * Reviews from previous editionA comprehensive and authoritative guide to the present law ... any practising or academic lawyer would benefit from access to a copy. * Cambridge Law Journal * The involvement of different academics and legal practitioners sets this apart from other medical law books, and it is thus an important contribution to existing literature in the field. * Medical Law Review *
More details
Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 173 mm
Thickness: 61 mm
Weight
1905 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-873251-8 (9780198732518)
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Additional editions
Judith Laing | Jean McHale | Ian Kennedy
Principles of Medical Law
E-Book
04/2017
4th Edition
OUP eBook
€216.99
Available for download
Persons
Dr Judith Laing is a Reader in the School of Law at the University of Bristol. She has published extensively in a number of peer-reviewed journals and edited collections on aspects of mental health, medical law, and criminal law and justice. As well as being involved with previous editions of Principles of Medical Law, her books include Care or Custody? Mentally Disordered Offenders in the Criminal Justice System (OUP, 1999) and Criminal Justice, Mental Health and the Politics of Risk (edited with Gray & Noaks; Routledge, 2001). Judith is a member of the Editorial Board of the Medical Law Review and Journal of Medical Law and Ethics, and she has previously held editorial positions with the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law and the Journal of Law and Society.
Jean V. McHale is Professor of Health Care Law and Director of the Centre for Health Law, Science & Policy at the University of Birmingham. Her books include Medical Confidentiality and Legal Privilege (Routledge, 1993); Health Care Law: Texts, Cases and Materials (with Fox) (2nd ed. 2007, Sweet and Maxwell); Law and Nursing (3rd ed. with Tingle, Butterworths, Heinmann, 2007); Principles of Mental Health Law (edited with Bartlett, Gostin, Fennell, and McKay) (OUP, 2010); Routledge Handbook on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (edited with Gale) (Routledge, 2015); and European Health Law: Themes and Implications (with Hervey) (Cambridge University Press, 2015).
Jean V. McHale is Professor of Health Care Law and Director of the Centre for Health Law, Science & Policy at the University of Birmingham. Her books include Medical Confidentiality and Legal Privilege (Routledge, 1993); Health Care Law: Texts, Cases and Materials (with Fox) (2nd ed. 2007, Sweet and Maxwell); Law and Nursing (3rd ed. with Tingle, Butterworths, Heinmann, 2007); Principles of Mental Health Law (edited with Bartlett, Gostin, Fennell, and McKay) (OUP, 2010); Routledge Handbook on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (edited with Gale) (Routledge, 2015); and European Health Law: Themes and Implications (with Hervey) (Cambridge University Press, 2015).
Content
PART 1. THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PART 2. CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE; PART 3. PATIENTS' RIGHTS; PART 4. THE LAW AND REPRODUCTION; PART 5. MEDICINAL PRODUCTS AND DEVICES; PART 6. REGULATING HUMAN MATERIAL; PART 7. THE END OF LIFE