First published in 1992, Quality and Regulation in Health Care employs socio-legal ideas concerning regulation to examine the methods used to influence the quality of health care in the US, UK, and Western Europe.

List of tables List of contributors Introduction 1. The tort system and information: some comparisons between the UK and the US 2. Medical discipline in cross-cultural perspective: the United States, Britain and Sweden 3. Complaining - what's the use? 4. Recent developments in medical quality assurance and audit: an international comparative study 5. Legislating for health: the changing nature of regulation in the NHS 6. The pragmatic management of error and the antecedents of disputes over the quality of medical care Bibliography Index