The Development of Medical Liability
- Editor: Ewoud Hondius, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Date Published: July 2014
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107475823
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The way the law responds to death or personal injury resulting from medical treatment has changed over time. Expectations of success in medical interventions have risen. Hospitals have become more complex and use more advanced technology. This has had an impact on the liability of medical practitioners, both in generating new problems and in raising standards of expected care. While the focus is civil liability, typically either through contract or tort, this volume of essays also examines compensation systems outside private law. This topic has grown in significance since 1945. The problems encountered by the law are similar across the different jurisdictions, even if the health service arrangements are different. The legal changes are also set against changes in the institutional background, such as the role of the state, the availability of insurance and the professionalisation of medical practitioners.
Read more- Examines changes in the context of medical practice as well as medical law
- Adopts common frame of reference and common timescales, thereby integrating history and legal issues
- An overview chapter draws out issues from national reports and examines the way in which different legal systems influence each other
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- Date Published: July 2014
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107475823
- length: 234 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 12 mm
- weight: 0.32kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. General introduction Ewoud Hondius
2. The development of medical liability in England and Wales Warren Swain
3. The development of medical liability in Scotland Niall Whitty
4. The development of medical liability and accident compensation in France Simon Taylor
5. The development of medical liability in Austria Bernhard Koch
6. The development of medical liability in the Netherlands Ewoud Hondius
7. The development of medical liability in Spain María Paz García Rubio and Belén Trigo García.
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