David Barnhizer
Ashgate Dartmouth
Hardback
266
2001
Causation is an issue that is fundamental in both law and medicine as well as the interface between the two disciplines. This book offers a vital analysis of issues such as causation in law and medicine issues of causal responsibility agency and harm in criminal law causation in forensic medicine scientific and statistical approaches to causation proof of cause influence and effect and causal responsibility in tort law. Including contributions from a number of distinguished doctors lawyers and scientists it will be of great interest and value to academics and practitioners alike.