Medical Law Review Commentaries
Medical Law Review
Medical Law Review publishes Commentaries on a range of topical issues written by experts in the field. Subjects range from enforced treatment under the mental health act, to the confidentiality of medical records, to medical treatment in EU law.
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The Exercise of Public Health Powers in Cases of Infectious Disease: Human Rights Implications
by Robyn Martin
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Published Commentaries
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Hospital Treatment for Incapacitated Adults
by Michael Gunn
Public Health, Responsibility and English Law: Are There Such Things as No Smoke Without Ire or Needless Clean Needles?
by John Coggon
A Case for Clarity in Causation?
by Gemma Turton
The Right to Procreate is Not Aborted
by Marleen Eijkholt
Nice and Judicial Review: Enforcing ‘Accountability for Reasonableness’ Through the Courts?
by Keith Syrett
The Liability of ‘Functional Public Authorities’ for Breach of ECHR Rights: The House of Lords Endorses a Palpable Gap in Human Rights Protection
by Ellie Palmer
Withdrawal of Treatment from a Patient in a Permanent Vegetative State: Judicial Involvement and Innovative ‘Treatment’
by Penney Lewis
Freedom of the Press and the Confidentiality of Medical Records
by Ralph Sandland
Judicial Review: Low-Priority Treatment and Exceptional Case Review
by Christopher Newdick
A First Class Service? Setting the Standard of Care for the Contemporary NHS
by Joanne Beswick
Re-Detention After Recent Discharge: A Role for Judicial Review?
By Neil Allen
A Matter of Necessity? Enforced Treatment Under the Mental Health Act
by Peter Bartlett
Rights to Medical Treatment in EU Law
by Jean V. McHale
Privacy V Publication: Homicide Enquiries in the Balance
by Nell Munro
The Loneliness of the Expert Witness
by Sarah Devaney
Young People and Sexual Health: Whose Rights? Whose Responsibilities
by Jo Bridgeman
Balancing Competing Interests over Frozen Embryos: The Judgment of Solomon?
by Tim Annett
Unnoticed Incapacity, Illusory Rights
by Lucy Scott-Moncrieff
Losing the Wood for the Trees: Burke and the Court of Appeal
by David Gurnham
Child Abuse: When the Professionals Get it Wrong
by Michael A. Jones
Autonomy Rued OK?
by José Miola
Taking A Neutral Stance on the Legal Protection of the Fetus
by Katherine O'Donovan
Psychiatric Treatment: In the Absence of Law?
by Peter Bartlett
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