ABC of Medical Law

by Lorraine Corfield (Senior Vascular Fellow, Guy’; s and St Thomas’; NHS Trust, London ); Ingrid Granne (Clinical Research Fellow and Specialist Registrar, Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford ); William Lati

• ISBN13: 9781444316827
• ISBN10: 1444316826
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-08-01
• Publisher: BMJ Books

Summary

An understanding of medical law is increasingly important for all health professionals and this new ABC provides a basic introduction to the legal issues faced in health care that is accessible to anyone without any legal knowledge. The ABC of Medical Law provides ideal guidance to the practicing physician - covering just what you need to know without becoming embroiled in complicated legal discussion.The ABC of Medical Law has up-to-date coverage of the legal issues to be found in daily medical practice, including confidentiality, research, consent, negligence, organ donation and human rights, as well as more contentious issues such as tissue retention and withholding/withdrawing treatment. Well illustrated and presented in a user-friendly format, chapters include summaries and cases to help clarify the points made.Written by practising clinicians with expertise in medical law and a medical barrister, the ABC of Medical Law will help keep a practice within the constraints of the law and is ideal for GPs, junior doctors and medical students, and anyone wanting to understand the broad basics of medical law.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Consent in adults

Consent in children

Refusal of medical treatment

Negligence: the duty of care

Negligence: the legal standard of care

Negligence: causation

Confidentiality

Withholding and withdrawing life sustaining treatment

Research

Organ transplantation, organ retention and post-mortem examinations

The healthcare professional and the human rights act

Index

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