Statutes on Medical Law

by Jones, Michael A.; Morris, Anne E.

• ISBN13: 9780199259502
• ISBN10: 019925950X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-11
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This new edition of Statutes on Medical Law provides a comprehensive, portable, and affordable collection of all relevant primary and secondary UK Legislation. It has been fully revised and updated to include all legislation through to June 2003. As there is no commentary, this book is ideal for use in examinations.

Author Biography

Professor Michael Jones is Professor of Common Law at Liverpool Law School Mrs Anne Jones is Senior Lecturer at Liverpool Law School

Table of Contents

Editors' Preface
Statutes	p. 1
Offences Against the Person Act 1861	p. 1
Perjury Act 1911	p. 2
Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929	p. 2
Children and Young Persons Act 1933	p. 3
National Assistance Act 1948	p. 4
Sexual Offences Act 1956	p. 5
Mental Health Act 1959	p. 6
Human Tissue Act 1961	p. 6
Suicide Act 1961	p. 7
Abortion Act 1967	p. 8
Family Law Reform Act 1969	p. 10
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971	p. 10
Congenital Disabilities (Civil Liability) Act 1976	p. 11
Adoption Act 1976	p. 14
National Health Service Act 1977	p. 14
Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977	p. 42
Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979	p. 45
Sale of Goods Act 1979	p. 48
Supreme Court Act 1981	p. 49
Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982	p. 51
Mental Health Act 1983	p. 52
Medical Act 1983	p. 125
Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984	p. 143
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984	p. 147
Enduring Powers of Attorney Act 1985	p. 148
Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985	p. 150
Hospital Complaints Procedure Act 1985	p. 150
Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985	p. 151
Aids (Control) Act 1987	p. 154
Family Law Reform Act 1987	p. 156
Consumer Protection Act 1987	p. 156
Access to Medical Reports Act 1988	p. 161
Health and Medicines Act 1988	p. 164
Road Traffic Act 1988	p. 165
Human Organ Transplants Act 1989	p. 167
Children Act 1989	p. 169
Access to Health Records Act 1990	p. 183
National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990	p. 187
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990	p. 195
Health Service Commissioners Act 1993	p. 220
Family Law Act 1996	p. 230
National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997	p. 231
Data Protection Act 1998	p. 234
Human Rights Act 1998	p. 255
Health Act 1999	p. 258
Human Reproductive Cloning Act 2001	p. 267
Health and Social Care Act 2001	p. 268
National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002	p. 270
Adoption and Children Act 2002	p. 275
Statutory Instruments	p. 281
National Health Service (Venereal Diseases) Regulations 1974	p. 281
Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Consent to Treatment) Regulation 1983	p. 281
Mental Health Review Tribunal Rules 1983	p. 285
Public Health (Infectious Disease) Regulations 1988	p. 299
Human Organ Transplants (Unrelated Persons) Regulations 1989	p. 302
Abortion Regulations 1991	p. 303
National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992	p. 308
National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1992	p. 372
Access to Health Records (Control of Access) Regulations 1993	p. 378
National Health Service (Clinical Negligence Scheme) Regulations 1996	p. 379
National Health Service (Existing Liabilities Scheme) Regulations 1996	p. 381
National Health Service (Choice of Medical Practitioner) Regulations 1998	p. 382
National Health Service (Liabilities to Third Parties Scheme) Regulations 1999	p. 387
The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999	p. 389
Data Protection (Subject Access Modification) (Health) Order 2000	p. 392
The Vaccine Damage Payments (Specified Disease) Order 2001	p. 395
The Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002	p. 395
Department of Health Circulars and Guidelines	p. 400
Health Service Guidelines HSG(96)48: NHS Indemnity	p. 400
Health Service Circular HSC 2000/028: Resuscitation Policy	p. 408
Health Service Circular HSC 2001/023: Good Practice in Consent	p. 409
Consent Forms	p. 413
General Medical Council	p. 427
Good Medical Practice (Third edition May 2001)	p. 427
Maintaining Good Medical Practice	p. 435
Confidentiality: Protecting and Providing Information (September 2000)	p. 444
Serious Communicable Diseases (September 1997)	p. 445
Guidance for Doctors Who Are Asked to Circumcise Male Children (September 1997)	p. 459
Seeking Patients' Consent: the Ethical Considerations (February 1999)	p. 461
Intimate Examinations (December 2001)	p. 469
Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Prolonging Treatments: Good Practice in Decision-Making (August 2002)	p. 469
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority	p. 484
Code of Practice	p. 484
Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine 1997	p. 491
Additional Protocol on Cloning	p. 496
Additional Protocol on Transplantation	p. 496
World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki	p. 500
Declaration of Geneva, 1948	p. 503
Index	p. 505
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