title: Criminal liability for medical negligence.
abstract: This paper considers two aspects of criminal liability in England for medical negligence. Firstly there is an analysis of the law relating to the liability of the medical practitioner and secondly there is a consideration of the response of the criminal law to systemic failures in the National Health Service, with an emphasis on the ramifications of the conviction in Health and Safety Executive v Southampton NHS Trust.
authors.affiliation: University of East London.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D003418:Criminology; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom