Product DescriptionThis is a legal practitioners' textbook covering the field of UK medical law. There is no other volume of this type currently published and it covers every aspect of the subject likely to be encountered by the busy practitioner.Review..the analysis and treatment of several medical law issues in this text will be of essential assistance in researching the important English and other Commonwealth decisions all in one text. ... This latest text is useful to the Practitioner because it considers in depth difficult issues..... the layout is clear with separate parts, chapters and paragraphs for ease of access and reference. There is a wealth of footnotes and a comprehensive table of cases, statutes and an excellent index. ... This text is very welcome from both an Irish law practice and academic perspective. A busypractitioner who wishes to obtain a quick overview on a diverse range of topics...will find fertile ground in which to till. ... The test of any substantive law text such as this is whether it become a leading work in the subject. This seems assured for Principles of Medical Law. -JarlathSpellman, Barrister/The Bar Review November 1998... brings together an impressive collection of well-known names as contributors.../ ... well-written, clear and concise.../ this is an excellent book , one which all those involved in the area of medical law and legal medicine should have./ ... this is sure to become a work that will andshould be available on the shelf of every medical lawyer and university medical and law library./ Asim A. Sheikh, Barrister-at-Law, Assistant Lecturer, Division of Legal Medicine, Univeristy College, Dublin, Medico-Legal Journal of Ireland, Vol 5, Issue 1, 1999.About the AuthorIan Kennedy, Professor of Medical Law and Ethics, and Head of the School of Law, King's College, London. Andrew Grubb, Professor of Healthcare Law, and Director of the Centre for Medical Law and Ethics, King's College, London.