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Healy John

Medical negligence: Common law perspectives - London Sweet & Maxwell 1999 - 302p ix

History and culture of the medical profession;
Medical negligence;
diagnosis and treatment;
The expert medical witness;
Disclosure and the doctrine of informed consent;
The professional standard assessment of disclosure;
Twin challenges: the elective and the inquisitive patients;
Disclosure and consent - negligence and battery;
Proof of causation in malpractice trials;
Diagnosis, treatment and disclosure in the research context;
Medical negligence in its legal, clinical and social context.

ISBN: 9780421680609

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Medical Law - Medical Negligence - U K2. Medical Profession -U K3. Health Care Law- U K4. Torts - Medical Negligence

Dewey Class. No.: 344.041000 / HEA