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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782678103321

Autore

Stauch Marc

Titolo

The law of medical negligence in England and Germany : a comparative analysis / Marc Stauch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; Portland, Oregon, : Hart Publishing, 2008

ISBN

1-4725-6031-0

1-282-04841-4

9786612048418

1-84731-452-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Classificazione

86.66

86.39

Disciplina

344.4204121

Soggetti

Medical personnel - Malpractice - England

Medical personnel - Malpractice - Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-177) and index

Nota di contenuto

1. The Social and Legal Background -- 2. Treatment Malpractice-The Substantive Law -- 3. Treatment Malpractice-Proof Issues -- 4. Disclosure Malpractice -- 5. Reforming Medical Negligence Law -- 6. Conclusions

Sommario/riassunto

This new work adds to the theoretical understanding and discussion of possible solutions to various conceptual and practical problems that arise within the field of medical negligence - an area whose legal treatment is perceived, both in England and Germany, as containing a number of special difficulties and shortcomings. In addition it seeks to make a contribution to the developing field of comparative law, by employing a detailed and closely focused analytical approach in a tightly defined subject area. These twin aims serve to reveal the similarities and differences between two legal cultures in a particularly clear and striking way. The book offers an analysis which is neutral as between the English and German approaches. The issues are dealt with thematically so far as possible, so that the respective treatments in each country of a given matter, eg the standard of care owed by medical practitioners, are discussed side-by-side. The book thus



avoids the 'country-report' style, whereby the systems are presented largely separately from each other. What is of particular interest is how, notwithstanding their common starting point in terms of the application of the fault-principle under private law, the detailed rules in the two countries differ markedly. This is true both in the divergent way that claims are structured and argued, and also quite often as regards their substantive outcome. It will be of interest to comparative lawyers, tort and medical lawyers, and practising lawyers working in these areas