Description
Book SynopsisAreas addressed include: maternal deaths, deaths in psychiatric care, human rights and causation issues. Other topics covered are: practice and procedure in medical inquests, evidence, documentation and pandemics/Covid-19. Medical Inquests critically assesses the pace of change of the law on coroner’s inquests and examines the case for change. The work is eagerly awaited in an area of law which is topical and specialised, yet of great public interest. This book will appeal to all sitting coroners, as well as barristers, solicitors, law students, bereaved families and all those who must interact with the coroner’s service, following a patient’s death, including doctors, nurses and hospital managers.
Table of Contents• The Coroner’s Court: History and Function • The Changing Landscape: The 2019 Coroners Act • Causation and The Coroner’s Court • Practice and Procedure At Inquest Part I • Practice and Procedure At Inquest Part II • Documents At Inquest • Verdicts and Recommendations • Human Rights • Maternal Deaths • Judicial Review • Covid-19 and Major Disaster
