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The Medico-Legal Journal

The Medico-Legal Journal provides an official record of the proceedings of the Society. As well as providing a record of activity in the Society, the Journal provides text of the speeches given at the Society for reference and for those unable to attend the Event in person. The result is that the Journal includes a unique collection of contributions from eminent speakers.
Medico-Legal Journal 76/2 Published June 2008 Editorial Forty Years On: 1968 and All That - Diana Brahams Papers presented to The Society What Is “Quality” in Health Care? - Professor Alan Maynard Original articles Increasing Organ Supplies: Legislate for "Enforced Choice" Not "Presumed Consent" - Karen Dyer Are We Living in Depressing Times That Are Not NICE? - Professor H Zeitlin Mental Health Law in Ireland, 1945 to 2001: Reformation and Renewal 65 - Brendan D Kelly Book reviews The Pursuit of Justice Medical Mistakes: Key Medical Issues in Clinical Negligence Cases Guidance for the Submission of Articles

In addition, the Journal seeks to further the Society's aims in education on medico- legal matters by commissioning additional articles on topics as diverse as: Developments in the European Legal Orders: Implications for the Medical Profession Fairchild and the "Guilty Fibre" Fact or Fiction? Verbal and Behavioural Clues to Detect Deception Selecting Participants When Testing New Drugs: the Implications of Age and Gender Discrimination Acute Subdural Haematoma in a Boxer

What is the Frequency and Format of the Journal? The Medico-Legal Journal is a quarterly publication available in paper and electronic form. All subscribers receive 4 paper issues per year. Members and subscribers can browse and search a number of back issues online via www.senecaep.com Email mlj@xplpublishing.com for your User ID and Password.

Download the Updated Index of Articles Download a pdf file containing an index from the start of the Journal to volume 64. A free program for reading pdfs, Adobe Acrobat Reader, can be downloaded from www.adobe.com. Using Acrobat the historic archive is searchable by keyword. All issues are available at the Royal Society of Medicine library and most issues at the Inns of Court Library and Law Society Library. Issues from Volume 67 onwards can be purchased from emis – email mlj@xplpublishing.com.

How do I Get the Journal? The Journal is free to members – for £50. Tell me more about membership. Subscriptions for the Journal are: Annual Subscription: £95.00 (post free) To purchase a subscription, you can pay by credit card or cheque throughRichard Griffin (1820) Ltd t/a XPL Publishing 99 Hatfield Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 4EG 0870 1 22 55 25