Third Edition John-Paul Garside JP Garside LLB LLM Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales Head of Legal Services, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital £14.95,  978-1-85315-681-6,  104pp,  Paperback,  May 2006

Customer review from amazon.co.uk
Excellent, clear, concise, and simple to read guide!...I found this book an excellent guide…The glossary of legal terms was invaluable and the sources of legal references most useful so that one can look up the cases needed. Overall, a very well written and presented book that almost anyone could pick up and understand. 5 stars

Customer review from amazon.co.uk
Very punchy and concise summary of current case and statute law for doctors. References and key cases and statutes are good. 4 stars

British Journal of Hospital Medicine
Although very concise, the amount of information is adequate to meet the aims of the book, and useful lists of further reading are included in each chapter…This is an easy-to-read guide to the common areas of law with which doctors come into contact…a helpful revision aid for those doctors who undergo a further qualification in medical law.

The Ulster Medical Journal
This book is a gem. It should be read by every doctor regardless of speciality. It also should be available in every hospital department and in all health centres. The reviewer wishes that it had been available twenty years ago!

Reviews of earlier editions:
Dr Branthwaite has clearly made a great effort to avoid complex legal terminology and her book is thoroughly readable. It has dispelled a lot of my uneasiness and concern which was founded on uncertainty. For anyone who seeks basic information on the medicolegal aspects of day-to-day medicine this is a book to go for.
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

For its size, the book manages to cover quite considerable detail. It provides footnote references to leading cases with two line summaries that give a flavour of the case to those frustrated by the legal jargon and the mysteries of the procedure going on around them, it should provide some of the explanation, if not justification, for the system they are expected to step in and out of.
Clinical Risk

A follow up to the highly successful Law for Doctors Second edition, this book provides a clear, concise and non-technical guide to medical law in an increasingly litigious society. It 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.

The reputation of the medical profession has suffered some significant blows in the years since the first edition of this book. In the aftermath of a series of well-publicised scandals, including the Shipman inquiry and the nationwide response to the retention of organs at Alder Hey Hospital, the automatic presumption of beneficence - that doctors will always act in their patients' best interests - has been cast into doubt. The courts now adopt a less deferential approach to the medical profession than has historically been the case and there is an increased awareness of individual patient rights. More generally, our healthcare systems are subject to ever closer scrutiny, both by the media and regulators. It has therefore never been more important for doctors, and medical students who wish to follow in their footsteps, to be acquainted with the legal context to clinical practice.

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 third edition includes new sections on recent case law and statutory developments and more detail is included in areas of controversy or particular judicial, legislative or regulatory activity, especially in relation to consent and coroners. It will appeal to all clinical and managerial staff and students who are involved in the delivery of healthcare.

Contents:
Topics covered include:
Structure and sources of English law
Principles of negligence; duty and standard of care
Foreseeability and causation
Financial considerations: compensation and costs
Legal procedure; dispute resolution; role of expert witnesses
Confidentiality and disclosure
Consent; minors and the mentally incapacitated; research; training
Complaints, whistle-blowing and disciplinary proceedings
Doctors and the coroner’s court
Doctors and the criminal law
Glossary
Index

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