Medical law is the branch of law which concerns the prerogatives and responsibilities of medical professionals and the rights of the patient.^[1] It should not be confused with medical jurisprudence, which is a branch of medicine, rather than a branch of law.

The main branches of medical law are the law on confidentiality, negligence and torts in relation to medical treatment, and criminal law in the field of medical practice and treatment. Ethics and medical practice is a growing field.

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• Abortion law
• Assault and battery
• Bioethics
• Competence (law)
• Compulsory sterilization
• Conjoined twins
• Consent (criminal law)
• Consent to treatment
• Euthanasia
• Freedom of information
• Health law, the body of healthcare legislation and government regulation
• Inviolability
• Involuntary commitment
• Involuntary restraint
• Involuntary treatment
• Medical ethics
• Medical malpractice
• Medical record
• Privacy law
• Quality of life (healthcare)
• Reproductive rights
• Reproductive technology
• Trespass to the person

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