Medicines, Medical Devices and the Law - Softcover

O'Grady, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521292514 ISBN 13: 9780521292511

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

The need for specialist knowledge of the laws governing the regulation of medicines has become apparent. This is the case among not only lawyers but also hospitals, researchers, prescribers and many others involved in the provision of healthcare. Such a need has been precipitated by a number of factors, including the changing structure of healthcare in the UK and Europe and the various changes in regulation that have arisen both from challenges in the courts and from the intervention of public bodies. However, the information available to those involved in the complex interrelations between medicines, medical devices and the law have remained scarce. This book aims to address this situation by bringing together the knowledge of the laws governing the regulation of medicines ranging across the field from the ethics of the use of medicines in treatment and research, through to drug-induced injury, civil liability and no-fault compensation schemes.

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Review:

"This is a book that has been needed for the last decade. The need has been filled with this excellent book written and edited by people who are highly competent in their specialist fields. For those who had not realized that they needed this book it should, perhaps, be spelt out clearly who should have a copy on their shelves - pharmaceutical physicians, registration managers, pharmaceutical company lawyers, lawyers practising in the field of medical malpractice and negligence and managers of National Health Service (NHS) trusts." - Reviewed by J P Griffin Review published in Adverse Drug Reactions and Toxicological Reviews Volume 19, Number 1, 2000

Book Description:

This book aims to address the lack of information available to those involved in the complex interrelations between medicines, medical devices and the law by bringing together the knowledge of the laws governing the regulation of medicines, ranging across the field.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0521292514
• ISBN 13: 9780521292511
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 428