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Medical Law

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Main Work isbn - 0421717300

Medical Negligence provides the authoritative commentary on all aspects of the law of medical negligence, and has been acclaimed as the "bible" for practitioners in the area. A high level text, it analyses jurisprudence and case law in detail, identifying the legal principles with unrivalled precision and clarity.

• The 2nd cumulative Supplement was published in December 2007
• The 1st Supplement was published in September 2004
• The definitive analysis of the law in this area - now in a new edition
• Substantially revised and updated since the last edition, including important new case law on damages, consent, causation and many other areas
• Explores in detail the human rights issues surrounding medical evidence
• Considers new types of claim such as liability for psychiatric harm, liability to third parties and liability for economic loss, with particular regard to wrongful birth claims
• Covers the new Civil Procedure Rules and clinical negligence protocol
• Considers the Chief Medical Officer's recent report on medical negligence, Making Amends