Criminalising Medical Malpractice: A Comparative Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780367506681 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 182 str.

Opis

This book compares English and French criminal law responses to healthcare malpractice and considers what lessons the French model can provide for potential reform in England and elsewhere. It takes the HIV-contaminated blood episode as a primary example of the different approaches France and England have in dealing with healthcare malpractice.

O autorze

Mélinée Kazarian is a lecturer in law at the University of Southampton. Mélinée's research interests are in medico-legal, criminal and comparative law issues, in particular the question of the criminalisation of negligence in the common law and civil law traditions. She has published widely on recent medico-legal debates, focusing on a comparative analysis of French and English criminal responses to healthcare scandals. She has been involved in different research projects which aimed to offer a comprehensive analysis of the role of the criminal justice system in regulating healthcare practice and ethics in the UK.