A Practical Guide to Medicine and the Law

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. The Writing of Reports and Related Problems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Medico-legal Consultation

      • J. P. Jackson

      Pages 3-10

   3. Medico-legal Reports

      • J. P. Jackson

      Pages 11-18

   4. Consent and Confidentiality

      • R. N. Palmer

      Pages 19-41

3. The Most Contentious Problems in the High-Risk Specialties

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43

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   2. Anaesthesia

      • A. R. Aitkenhead

      Pages 45-75

   3. General Surgery

      • N. Keddie

      Pages 77-94

   4. Dermatology

      • K. V. Sanderson

      Pages 95-114

   5. Ear, Nose and Throat

      • K. P. Gibbin

      Pages 115-135

   6. Neurology

      • R. B. Godwin-Austen

      Pages 137-155

   7. Neurosurgery

      • J. Punt

      Pages 157-162

   8. Obstetrics and Gynaecology

      • E. M. Symonds

      Pages 163-170

   9. Orthopaedics

      • J. P. Jackson

      Pages 171-188

   10. Litigant’s Backache

       • J. H. S. Scott

       Pages 189-197

   11. Paediatrics

       • D. Hull

       Pages 199-216

   12. Psychiatry

       • G. L. Harrison

       Pages 217-238

4. Legal Advice for Doctors Involved with Medico-legal Problems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239

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   2. The Solicitor’s Problems

      • G. C. Reed

      Pages 241-256

   3. Counsel’s Advice to the Medical Expert

      • R. Maxwell

      Pages 257-276

Legal action involving doctors, either as defendants or expert witnesses, has greatly increased over the past decade and few can now remain aloof from this aspect of their profession. Written by doctors (including five Council Members of the Medical Defence Union of Great Britain) and lawyers, this practical guide offers clear and comprehensive advice to all concerned. Part I discusses how to write medical reports, especially when consent is required or confidential information is involved. Part II covers contentious issues in various clinical specialties which repeatedly arise in litigation; well-known examples are cases involving whiplash injuries or perinatal brain damage. In Part III lawyers discuss the medico-legal problems of the solicitor's role, court testimony and medical negligence. This book is a valuable reference to all members of the medical profession. Lawyers, officials and others outside the medical profession who come into contact with medical litigation but have limited medical knowledge will find much helpful information.

• Legal and Insurance Medicine
• Medizin/Recht
• Psychiatrics
• Surgery
• brain
• dermatology
• general surgery
• gynecology
• medicine
• neurology
• neurosurgery
• pediatrics
• psychiatry

• University of Nottingham, Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK

  J. P. Jackson

• Harlow Wood Orthopaedic Hospital, Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK

  J. P. Jackson

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