John Kenyon Mason (19 December 1919 – 26 January 2017),

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, and known as Ken Mason, was an emeritus professor of Forensic Medicine at the

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Bibliography

*J. Kenyon Mason, Graeme Laurie ''Law and Medical Ethics'' (Oxford University Press, 2013) *Graeme Laurie, J. Kenyon Mason ''Mason and McCall-Smith's Law and Medical Ethics'' (Oxford University Press, 2006) *J. Kenyon Mason ''Forensic Medicine for Lawyers'' (Butterworths, 2000) *J. Kenyon Mason ''Medico-Legal Aspects of Reproduction and Parenthood'' (Ashgate, 1998) *J. Kenyon Mason,

Alexander McCall Smith Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE (born 24 August 1948), is a British writer. He was raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law and ...

''Medico-legal Encyclopaedia'' (Butterworth Heinemann, 1987)

References

1919 births 2017 deaths Academics of the University of Edinburgh Scottish legal scholars Scottish solicitors Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Commanders of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Downside School {{Scotland-law-bio-stub