Medical Negligence: 1st Supplement

by Michael Jones (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2004

  $6.19

  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 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