Includes bibliographical references and index.

The organization of health care / Keith Syrett -- Regulating health care professions / Paula Case -- Duties in contract and tort / Rachael Mulheron -- Breach of duty / Philip Havers and Jessica Elliott -- Actions arising from birth / Stephen Todd -- Causation and defences / Richard Goldberg -- Institutional liability / Keith Syrett -- Consent to treatment : the competent patient / Jean V. McHale -- The test for capacity / Neil Allen -- Care and treatment of those lacking decision-making capacity / Neil Allen -- Mental health law / Judith Laing and Nicola Glover-Thomas -- Confidentiality and data protection / Mark Taylor -- Clinical research / Jean V. McHale -- Medically assisted reproduction / Michael Freeman -- Reproductive genetics / Michael Freeman -- Abortion / Emily Jackson -- The regulation of medicinal products and medical devices / Christopher Hodges -- Products liability / Richard Goldberg -- The legal regulation of human material / Jean V. McHale -- Medical innvation, patenting and the human body / Amanda Warren-Jones -- Ending life / Jonathan Herring -- Death / Murray Earle.