Medical Negligence Case Law
290 cases are included in this second edition, in addition to the 320 in the first edition. More cases from other jurisdictions principally the United States of America, Canada and Australia have been included in recognition of the increasing frequency which such cases are cited.
Authors: Rodney Nelson-Jones and Frank Burton
Publisher: Butterworths
Publication date: 1995 2nd edition
ISBN: 0 406 03601 2
Table of contents:
Law is stated as at 30 June 1995.
Part I General Principles of Law
| Ch. 1: | Liability in tort | |
| Ch. 2: | Liability in contract | |
| Ch. 3: | Statutory liability | |
| Ch. 4: | The duty of care | |
| Ch. 5: | The standard of skill and care | |
| Ch. 6: | Causation | |
| Ch. 7: | Res ipsa loquitur | |
| Ch. 8: | Failures in diagnosis | |
| Ch. 9: | Consenting, informing and advising | |
| Ch. 10: | Substandard treatment | |
| Ch. 11: | General principles | |
| Ch. 12: | Claims for wrongful birth | |
| Ch. 13: | Limitation and striking out for want of prosecution | |
| Ch. 14: | Access to medical records and expert evidence |
Part II Medical Negligence Cases