THIS TITLE IS NOW OUT OF PRINT Principles and Practicalities Margaret Branthwaite MD FRCP FFARCS Barrister, Lincoln's Inn; formerly Consultant, Royal Brompton Hospital, UK Nigel Beresford Senior Advisor in Clinical Risk, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK £12.95,  978-1-85315-540-6,  84pp,  Paperback,  January 2003 READ A SAMPLE CHAPTER FREE ONLINE

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This book provides a clear, concise and non-technical guide to medical law and has been written for doctors who often do not have the time or legal background to read detailed books on medical law written for lawyers.

Law for Doctors focuses on aspects of English law that are particularly relevant to medical practice such as civil claims, legal procedure, funding, complaints, whistle-blowing, disciplinary proceedings, coroner's courts and criminal law. Readers benefit from short summaries of cases, sources of legal information are identified and explained, and there is also a glossary of legal terms, all of which should prove invaluable to the busy medical professional with an interest in medical law.

This second edition includes new sections on recent case law and statutory developments and provides further information about confidentiality and disclosure, and disciplinary proceedings. It will appeal to all clinical and managerial staff and students who are involved in the delivery of healthcare.

The authors have considerable combined experience of medical and legal practice. Margaret Branthwaite was formerly a consultant physician and anaesthetist and is now a barrister; she has published and lectured widely on medical and legal topics. Nigel Beresford is a doctor and barrister, and is currently senior clinical risk adviser for an NHS trust.

Contents:
Preface; Duty and Standard of Care; Foreseeability and causation; Damages and how they are calculated; Legal procedure and funding: the Woolf reforms; Pre-action protocol: disclosure; Steps in a civil claim: alternative dispute resolution; Defence organisations: CNST, NHSLA; Special topics: limitation, minors and patients, consent, research; Inquests, inquiries and internal investigations: disciplinary proceedings; Doctors and the criminal law.

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