This new edition provides a readable, comprehensive and accessible account of the law governing health care in England and Wales. In contrast to other texts, it examines the full range of health care and not merely its medical context. The narrative is clear and succinct with full references to legal sources to meet the needs of law students and practitioners. However, excessive use of legal jargon is avoided ensuring that the law is also accessible to health care professionals. Thetext sets out the law on public health, the NHS, the health professions, clinical negligence litigation, patients rights, and research and health care ethics.Legislation changes and structural reforms since the previous edition have led to substantial revisions throughout the book including the workings of the General Medical Council, regulations on clinical trials and proposed reformation of the NHS complaints procedures. Online Resource Centre· Legislative updates· Useful links
The Scope and Sources of Health Care Law; Part I:: Health and the Law; Public Health Law; Rights to National Health Service Care; The Structure of the NHS; National Health Service Complaints; Part II:: Health Care Practice and the Law; Professional Regulation; Malpractice Litigation I:: The Law; Malpractice Litigation II:: In Practice; Medicines and the Law; Part III:: The Position of the Patient; Consent to Treatment; Confidentiality and Data Protection; Care for Children; Mental Health; Research; Part IV:: Health Care Law and Ethics; Abortion; Fertility; Maternity Care; Selective Treatment of the Newborn; Transplantation; Terminal Care and Euthanasia; Regulating Health Care Ethics;