“The assessment of the standard of care required within medical negligence has ‘made the medical profession truly unique’ because the medical profession was ‘essentially allowed to define their own legal standards and, to all intents and purposes, regulate themselves’ (José Miola, Preface, x). This book, through contributions from authors of both legal and medical backgrounds, adds to this debate as it discusses the interaction between clinical guidelines, law, lawyers, medicine, and the medical profession (xi). Furthermore, there is an exploration of other jurisdictions which provides further viewpoints, and opportunities for comparative analysis. The book comprises of ten substantive chapters, which are buttressed by an introduction and conclusion both written by the editors. It is essentially a book of two halves …” (more)
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Lindsey Hogg, ‘Jo Samanta and Ash Samanta (eds), Clinical Guidelines and the Law of Medical Negligence – Multidisciplinary and International Perspectives, Edward Elgar, 2021, Hardback, 353pp, £120, ISBN 9781789908886′, Medical Law Review, https://doi-org.ucc.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwac024. Published 18 July.
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