This book offers a clear, thorough, and accessible guide to medical law. It is intended to be both a stand-alone textbook, and to provide students with a comprehensive source of relevant materials. Medical Law: Text, Cases and Materials is designed to map directly onto mainstream university courses: undergraduates will find everything they need in this one convenient and easy-to-use volume. The book is also sufficiently in-depth to offer postgraduate students an invaluable source of relevant information and materials. The legal rules, principles and cases are described and analysed, and are accompanied by extracts from cases, statutes and regulatory documents. Critical commentary is provided both within the text itself and through the incorporation of a wide selection of extracts from academic articles and books, providing students with the detailed knowledge and analytical tools required to engage with this area of law. Online Resource Centre - updates - weblinks