Understanding the Human Rights Act: A Tool Kit for the Health Service

Understanding the Human Rights Act: A Tool Kit for the Health Service

Lilley, R., Lambden, P. and Newdick,’C.Radcliffe Medical Press2001ISBN 1 85775 494 8

This book presents a personal perspective’based on the authors' great experience’of health service management’and the law. The Human Rights Act and the European Convention on Human Rights are reproduced in full. The book explains the impact of the Act, raises issues surrounding its implementation and asks questions about its implications for the future. It is packed with practical exercises to help readers respond to the challenges of the Act,individually or in team sessions.