Causation in Law and Medicine

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.

Preface	p. viii
Notes on Contributors	p. x
Acknowledgments	p. xx
Introduction	p. xxii
The Concept of Causation in Law, Medicine and Science
Principles and Values Underlying the Concept of Causation in Law	p. 3
Scientific and Legal Approaches to Causation	p. 14
The Cause of Disease and Illness: Medical Views and Uncertainties	p. 38
Aspects of Causation in Hippocratic Medicine and Roman Law of Delict	p. 58
Rebels Without a Cause?: Judges, Medical and Scientific Evidence and the Uses of Causation	p. 83
The Concept of Justice and Causal Responsibility in Tort Law
Legal Rules Governing the Requirement of Causation in Tort Law	p. 125
Fault, Causation and Responsibility: Is Tort Law Just an Instrument of Corrective Justice?	p. 138
Loss of Chance	p. 152
Causality and Spinal Pain: The Problem of Back Pain	p. 198
Issues of Causal Responsibility, Agency and Harm in Criminal Law
Principles of Causation in Criminal Law	p. 211
Death Causation in Palliative Medicine	p. 228
Euthanasia and the Criminal Law: What Will Sever a Causal Link?	p. 251
Issues of Medical and Legal Causation Relating to Alzheimer's Disease	p. 270
Causation in Forensic Medicine and Coronial Law
Cause in Forensic Pathology: The Cause and Manner of Death	p. 289
Forensic Medicine: Issues in Causation	p. 309
Causation in Coronial Law	p. 331
Causation, Evidence and Proof in Law and Medicine
Causation in Law and Psychiatry	p. 357
Causation in the Context of Medical Practitioners' Liability for Negligent Advice	p. 379
Statistical Proof of Causation	p. 399
Epilogue: Dilemmas in Proof of Causation	p. 429
Table of Cases	p. 483
Bibliography	p. 495
Index	p. 519
Table of Contents provided by Syndetics. All Rights Reserved.

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

FREE SHIPPING

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Causation in Law and Medicine

Summary

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials