From: Jason W
Neyers <jneyers@uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday 15
December 2025 13:57
To: obligations
Subject: ODG:
Medical Negligence and the Duty to Advise
Dear
Colleagues:
Congratulations
go out to ODGer Kumaralingam Amirthalingam on the publication of his newest
book with Hart:
Medical
Negligence and the Duty to Advise
Beyond Autonomy
Kumaralingam Amirthalingam
This book argues that patient autonomy and medical negligence make for
strange bedfellows. The emphasis on autonomy has distorted orthodox negligence
principles, contributing to uncertainty amongst healthcare professionals while
eroding trust in the doctor-patient relationship. This work takes the current
discourse beyond autonomy - which focuses on the rights of the patient,
to agency and shared decision-making - which focus on the relationship
between doctor and patient. The core argument is built on a review of the
theoretical foundations of negligence and the philosophical conceptions of
autonomy. It argues against a rights-based approach to negligence in favour of
a human obligations approach, which is collaborative and thus well suited to
the doctor-patient relationship.
Kumaralingam Amirthalingam is Professor of Law at the National University
of Singapore.
Dec 2025 | 9781509937790 | 256pp
| Hbk | RRP: £90
Discount Price: £72
Order online at www.hartpublishing.co.uk - use the code GLR BD8 to get 20% off!
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Happy
Reading,
Jason Neyers
Professor of Law
Faculty of Law
Western University
Law Building Rm 26
e. jneyers@uwo.ca
t. 519.661.2111 (x88435)
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