A critique of Chester v Afshar

Oxford Journal of Legal Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 659-692

  Clark, Tamsyn ^a   Nolan, Donal ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF DEFENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Causation; Informed consent; Medical non disclosure; Negligence; Scope of liability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987660522     PISSN: 01436503     EISSN: 14643820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ojls/gqu019     Document Type: Article

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