Law for Doctors: Principles and Practicalities - Softcover

Branthwaite, M. A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853154652 ISBN 13: 9781853154652

Publisher: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd, 2000

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Review

5 Stars: 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.
Amazon customer review, Mar 01

4 Stars: Excellent current overview
Very punchy and concise summary of current case and statute law for doctors. References and key cases and statutes are good.
Amazon customer review, Mar 01

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.
British Journal of Hospital Medicine

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!
The Ulster Medical Journal

For anyone seeking 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.

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Synopsis

This work aims to provide a clear, concise and non-technical guide to medical law for doctors who do not often have the time and/or legal background to read expansive books on medical law written for lawyers. The book focuses on aspects of English law that are of particular relevance to medical practice such as civil claims, legal procedure, funding, complaints, whistle-blowing and disciplinary proceedings, coroner's court 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 useful to the busy medical professional with an interest in medical law.

Edition details

• Publisher: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853154652
• ISBN 13: 9781853154652
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64