A Clinician's Guide M Green K McConnochie £4.99,  978-1-85315-504-8,  180pp,  Paperback,  July 2002

Doctors.Net.uk
This new publication should help understanding of duties and their breaches, and methods of addressing the problems…. the 114 pages encapsulate much good advice and this should help the coping strategies. Some illustrative case histories and legal cases are particularly instructive.

Medical Litigation
This book is a useful addition to any healthcare professional’s library, recommended for browsing and reference.

Update
This timely book is written by a solicitor and a practising barrister, the latter medically qualified. Much of its content is valuable and very clearly written, not least the chapter on basic law.

Family Practice
An unusual aspect of this book is that about one-third of the pages are occupied by appendices. These are a useful resource for everything from summaries of notable legal cases to the first action protocol for the resolution of clinical disputes.

Nursing Standard
This is a comprehensive guide to the process of making a complaint through to an unresolved case being actioned for clinical negligence.

This books aims to shed light on the legal side of clinical negligence claims for healthcare professionals working in the NHS. Written by two experts who have considerable medical and legal experience within the NHS and working knowledge of the complex legal processes surrounding the NHS complaints procedure, the book guides the reader through basic law, non-litigious complaints, disclosure of medical information, the use of expert witnesses and inquests. The authors also present several resource sections containing notable legal cases, pre-action protocols and further sources of information available online.

This is an up-to-date essential tool to assist clinical professionals and trainees working in all sectors of the NHS.

Recommended to all doctors, other healthcare professionals such as nurses and midwives, risk managers and clinical governance leads.

Contents:
Background
Introduction, Size of the Problem, New Initiatives, Whistle-blowing, The Future

Basic Law
Introduction, Background, Negligence, Causation, Burden and Level of Proof, Limitation, Damages, Consent to Treatment

Non-litigious Complaints Procedures
Introduction, NHS Complaints Procedure, Health Service Commissioner, Criticisms of Complaints Procedure, Disciplinary Procedure, Regulatory Bodies, Criminal Offences, Alternatives to Litigation, Other Sources of Information, The Future

Anatomy of a Claim
Introduction, Voluntary Disclosure of Medical Notes, Statutory Provisions for Disclosure of Medical Notes, Expert Witnesses, Legal Process, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Specimen order

Inquests
Role of the Coroner, Referral to the Coroner, Coroner’s Investigation, The Inquest, The Verdict

Glossary of Legal Terms, Notable Legal Cases – case summaries, Pre-action Protocol for the Resolution of Clinical Disputes, Useful addresses and Websites, Index

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