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9780754622048

Causation in Law and Medicine

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  • ISBN13:

    9780754622048

  • ISBN10:

    0754622045

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-03-28
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Causation is an issue that is fundamental in both law and medicine, as well as the interface between the two disciplines. This book offers a vital analysis of issues such as causation in law and medicine, issues of causal responsibility, agency and harm in criminal law, causation in forensic medicine, scientific and statistical approaches to causation, proof of cause, influence and effect, and causal responsibility in tort law. Including contributions from a number of distinguished doctors, lawyers and scientists, it will be of great interest and value to academics and practitioners alike.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. viii
Notes on Contributorsp. x
Acknowledgmentsp. xx
Introductionp. xxii
The Concept of Causation in Law, Medicine and Science
Principles and Values Underlying the Concept of Causation in Lawp. 3
Scientific and Legal Approaches to Causationp. 14
The Cause of Disease and Illness: Medical Views and Uncertaintiesp. 38
Aspects of Causation in Hippocratic Medicine and Roman Law of Delictp. 58
Rebels Without a Cause?: Judges, Medical and Scientific Evidence and the Uses of Causationp. 83
The Concept of Justice and Causal Responsibility in Tort Law
Legal Rules Governing the Requirement of Causation in Tort Lawp. 125
Fault, Causation and Responsibility: Is Tort Law Just an Instrument of Corrective Justice?p. 138
Loss of Chancep. 152
Causality and Spinal Pain: The Problem of Back Painp. 198
Issues of Causal Responsibility, Agency and Harm in Criminal Law
Principles of Causation in Criminal Lawp. 211
Death Causation in Palliative Medicinep. 228
Euthanasia and the Criminal Law: What Will Sever a Causal Link?p. 251
Issues of Medical and Legal Causation Relating to Alzheimer's Diseasep. 270
Causation in Forensic Medicine and Coronial Law
Cause in Forensic Pathology: The Cause and Manner of Deathp. 289
Forensic Medicine: Issues in Causationp. 309
Causation in Coronial Lawp. 331
Causation, Evidence and Proof in Law and Medicine
Causation in Law and Psychiatryp. 357
Causation in the Context of Medical Practitioners' Liability for Negligent Advicep. 379
Statistical Proof of Causationp. 399
Epilogue: Dilemmas in Proof of Causationp. 429
Table of Casesp. 483
Bibliographyp. 495
Indexp. 519
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