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Titolo |
Medicolegal Essentials in Healthcare / / edited by Jason Payne-James, Ian Wall, Peter Dean [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-107-15685-8 |
1-280-44943-8 |
0-511-18576-6 |
0-511-18493-X |
0-511-18760-2 |
0-511-31367-5 |
0-511-54555-X |
0-511-18667-3 |
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Edizione |
[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxi, 260 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medical care - Law and legislation - Great Britain |
Medical laws and legislation - Great Britain |
Medical ethics |
Medical jurisprudence |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Editors' note for the first edition; Editors' note for the second edition; Foreword; Table of statutes; Table of cases; 1 Legal institutions and the legal process; 2 Human rights and healthcare professionals; 3 Medical ethics and the forensic physician; 4 Confidentiality; 5 Consent to medical treatment; 6 Professional bodies and discipline; 7 Complaints in the National Health Service; 8 The Mental Health Act (England and Wales); 9 Death certification and the role of the coroner; 10 Tissues and organs; 11 Organ donation |
12 Living wills13 Euthanasia and end-of-life decision-making; 14 Abortion and reproductive health; 15 The Children Act 1989; 16 Clinical negligence; 17 Legislation for medicines and product liability; |
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18 Clinical trials: ethical, legal and practical considerations; 19 Medicolegal implications of blood-borne viruses; 20 Healthcare professionals in court - professional and expert witnesses; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Medicolegal Essentials in Healthcare provides a concise overview of the most clinically relevant medicolegal issues for healthcare groups in England and Wales, and is a valuable resource for medical, dental and nursing students in training as well as being a useful quick reference for practitioners in these fields. Each chapter is written by a leading expert on the subject, and as such provides up-to-date, concise, and comprehensive coverage, identifying key areas of controversy and enabling readers to put contemporary medicolegal issues into their appropriate clinical context. Key features include: • Focuses on issues of immediate relevance to healthcare professionals • Chapters written by leading experts in the field • A knowledge of medicolegal issues is of increasing importance to all healthcare professionals, as society generally becomes more litigious, and practitioners face the threat of legal claims against them |
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