This commentary offers a perspective from another common law jurisdiction, specifically the law in England and Wales, where competency to stand trial on a criminal charge is known as fitness to plead. The commentary begins with a discussion on the principle of proportionality evident in health care decisions by way of comparison with the topic in the criminal arena. Fitness to plead is an histo...

in the background of different sciences, compiling the record of periods is very helpful to better understand and recognize rise and fall of the science. this is also applicable to islamic jurisprudence, which is one branch of islamic sciences. many scholars of jurisprudence science have proposed historical periods for it. but, unfortunately, there has not been recorded any profound research wo...

That India forms a fruitful field for medicolegal observations is somewhat a trite saying to those who know the country, and is obviously proved by the rich storehouses of facts accumulated in the numerous series of reports, papers, and text-books dealing with Medical Jurisprudence in India. In France the names of Orfila and Tardieu have been held in great repute. Chevers in India corresponds t...

THIs book is one of a series of textbooks being sp2cially written for students of nursing and of the ancillary medical services. The present volume is intended primarily to cover the syllabus in anatomy as set out by the General Nursing Council for the Preliminary State Examination, but will also serve as an introduction to anatomy to students of physiotherapy or radiography. The text is easy t...

THE first edition of this book was reviewed in the Ulster Medical Journal. Additions to the text have added to its value for medical students. The chapter dealing with emotion has been rearranged and in part re-written to include a fuller discussion of some aspects of the work described. Also a brief account of controlled clinical trials of drugs and some of the elementary statistics involved i...