Includes bibliographical references and index.

The organization of health care / Christopher Newdick -- Regulating health care professions / Mary O'Rourke and Jonathan Holl-Allen -- Duties in contract and tort / Rachael Mulheron -- Breach of duty / Philippa Whipple and Philip Havers -- Actions arising from birth / Stephen Todd -- Causation and defences / Richard Goldberg -- Institutional liability / Keith Syrett -- Consent to treatment : the competent patient / David Lock -- The test for capacity / David Lock and James Munby -- Consent to treatment : patients lacking capacity and children / James Munby -- Mental health law / Judith Laing and Nicola Glover-Thomas -- Confidentiality and data protection / Shaun Pattinson and Deryck Beyleveld -- Clinical research / Jean 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 / Harvey Teff -- The legal regulation of human material / Jean McHale -- Patenting and the human body / Graeme Laurie -- Ending life / Jonathan Herring -- Death / Kenyon Mason.