Author: Paul Matthews

Publisher:

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 927

ISBN-13: 9780421780101

This 12th edition of this comprehensive text on coroner's law brings the work up to date with the latest developments, and incorporates the fourth supplement of the last edition. This edition has been expanded to include additional chapters on human rights and comparative law, reflecting current developments and trends in the law generally. It also includes greater medical content such as alcohol, drugs, hospital deaths/medical accidents, and euthanasia and care of the dying to better meet the information needs of the reader. It also includes an expanding medical content section written by a medical expert* New chapters on drugs and alcohol contain useful tables with medical levels information