Negligence and standards of care
CHAPTER 4 Negligence and standards of care 4.1 Negligence [4.1.1] What is negligence? A claim in negligence is a civil claim that is successfully brought when one person, the tortfeasor…
Recognising legal questions in clinical practice
CHAPTER 2 Recognising legal questions in clinical practice 2.1 Ethics and law in clinical practice [2.1.1] Why is it important to identify legal issues that arise in clinical practice? Doctors…
Competence
CHAPTER 7 Competence 7.1 Assessing the competence of patients to give consent [7.1.1] What is meant by ‘competence to consent to medical treatment’? As chapter 6 makes clear, consent is…
Aspects of the therapeutic relationship
CHAPTER 5 Aspects of the therapeutic relationship 5.1 Non-tortious legal duties [5.1.1.] While most attention in health law is given to the law of tort, other legal duties arise in…
