Principles of medical law / edited by Andrew Grubb, Judith Laing, Jean McHale ; consultant editor Ian Kennedy.

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Publication details:

Oxford ; New York ; Oxford ; New York ; Oxford University Press, 2010

Edition:

3rd edition

Record id:

77473

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Author:

Grubb, Andrew.

Laing, Judith M.

McHale, Jean V. 1965- (Jean Vanessa),

Kennedy, Ian, 1941-

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Series:

Subject:

Medical laws and legislation -- Great Britain.

Medical care -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.

Contents:

PART ONE

1. The organization of health care

2. Regulating health care professions

PART TWO

3. Duties in contract and tort

4. Breach of duty

5. Actions arising from birth

6. Causation and defences

7. Institutional liability

PART THREE

8. Consent to treatment: the competent patient

9. The test for capacity

10. Consent to treatment: patents lacking capacity and children

11. Mental health law

12. Confidentiality and date protection

13. Clinical research

PART FOUR

14. Medically assisted reproduction

15. Reproductive genetics

16. Abortion '

PART FIVE

17. The regulation of medicinal products and medical devices

18. Products liability

PART SIX

19. The legal regulation of human material

20. Patenting and the human body

PART SEVEN

21. Ending life

22. Death

Summary:

Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780199544400

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Phys. description:

cix, 1205 p. : forms ; 26 cm