We live in an increasingly litigious society, and the legal and practical risks associated with food safety are becoming significant areas of concern for health officers and food business owners. This book acts as a guide to this field of study, with the developments in UK and European legislation.
Reflects the numerous changes in the law relating to food and food safety such as GM food labelling, nutrition labelling and misleading descriptions. This book deals with the Food Standards Act 1999, the Government of Wales Act 1998, the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 and feeding stuffs legislation.
Takes account of the significant changes in food and feed law and procedure made since 2000 pursuant to the European Commission White Paper on Food Safety, the work of the Food Standards Agency and developments of wider relevance, such as the Human Rights legislation and the establishment of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Provides a comprehensive account of the law governing health care in England and Wales. This text sets out the law on public health, the NHS, the health professions, clinical negligence litigation, patients'' rights, and research and health care ethics.
Divided into two parts, the first of this book looks at the principles that permeate medical law, while the second part considers the issues, which arise in relation to specific areas of medical treatment. Useful reading for those studying medical law, this text is also a useful reference for those studying medicine.
The NHS has undergone substantial reform and investment since 1980, yet demand for care still exceeds supply and difficult choices remain between patients. Why is this so? Putting patients' rights in their political, economic, and managerial perspectives, this book looks at one of the most pressing problems in contemporary society.
Increasingly, patients are regarded as 'consumers' of medical services, and yet demand for medical care exceeds the resources that are made available for it. How should the NHS manage the dilemmas presented by scarce resources? Who Should We Treat? examines the economic, political, and legal environment of patients' rights in the NHS.