Table of Contents

1: Vikram Sachdeva: The English legal system 2: Sarah Elliston: Consent to treatment 3: Rebekah Ley and Natalie Hayes: Confidentiality and information disclosure 4: Nigel Ley and Jane Sturgess: Medical negligence and complaints 5: David Morris, Belinda Cheney, and Martin Goddard: The Coroner 6: Zoee Fritz: End of life 7: Keith Rigg: Organ donation and transplantation 8: Richard Biram: Elderly care law 9: Roddy O'Donnell: Child health law 10: Anthony Holland, Elizabeth Fistein, and Cathy Walsh: Mental health law 11: Anna Curley: Medical regulation 12: William Roche: Healthcare management 13: David de Monteverde-Robb: Legal basis for prescribing Glossary

About the Author

Jane Sturgess, Consultant Anaesthetist and Associate Lecturer, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, UK, Derek Duane, Consultant Neuroanaesthetist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK, Rebekah Ley, Assistant Director, Medico-Legal Department, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK

Reviews

This is a superb book whose title accurately describes what lies between the covers, an essential guide on legal issues of interest to doctors and associated healthcare professionals. * Dr Harry Brown, GP: MBChB, Glycosmedia *