Table of Contents: Introduction and History--Healthcare professions and regulation--Confidentiality and the Practitioner-Patient Relationship--Consent--Clinical records and Prescribing--Clinical Neglience--The Practitioner and the family--Health in the workplace--The practitioner and the Lawyer--Law and Mental Health--The extremes of life 1: The beginning--The extremes of life 2: The end--Corners and the aftermath of death--Forensic medicine, DNA testing and terminology of Injuries--The law and forensics of sexual assualt--The practioner and the driver--Research, Embryonic stem cells and Genetics--An introduction to the Irish Legal system--Glossary of legal terms and abbreviations--Cremation certificates.