title: The legal status of the term 'next of kin'.
abstract: This article seeks to define the term 'next of kin' and to determine whether there is any legal status applied to the term.
authors.affiliation: Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust, Penryn.
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: Marc A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cornock
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D006113:United Kingdom