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9780521744072

Medicolegal Essentials in Healthcare

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521744072

  • ISBN10:

    0521744075

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-11-26
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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A basic knowledge of the legal framework in which healthcare is, and the role that law and the judiciary play in the working lives of all professionals has become an intrinsic part in the training of students of medicine, nursing, pharmacy and the allied professions. This is partly due to the increasing frequency and controversy of items of medicolegal significance in the media, and partly due to the wide and freely available range of specialist medical information available to the public against which to judge medical treatment. This book looks at those areas where law and medicine commonly meet. The chapters are written by a multidisciplinary group of practitioners with special interest or experience in their subjects. A vast number of subjects are covered; from controversial issues such as euthanasia to issues such as confidentiality, all of which will be interest to students of medicine and healthcare providers alike.

Table of Contents

Contributors
Editors' notes
Foreword
Table of statutes
Table of cases
Legal institutions and the legal process
Human rights and healthcare professionals
Medical ethics and the forensic physician
Confidentiality
Consent to medical treatment
Complaints in the National Health Service
The Mental Health Act (England and Wales)
Death certification and the role of the coroner
Tissues and organs
Organ donation
Living wills
Euthanasia and end-of-life decsion-making
Abortion and reproductive health
The Children Act 1989
Clinical Negligence
Legislation for medicines and product liability
Clinical trials: ethical, legal and practical considerations
Medicolegal implications of blood-borne viruses
Healthcare professionals in court - professional and expert witnesses
Index
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