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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790469603321

Autore

Bowman Deborah

Titolo

Informed consent : a primer for clinical practice / / Deborah Bowman, John Spicer, Rehana Iqbal [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-107-23245-7

1-139-21027-0

1-139-21851-4

9786613580498

1-280-48551-5

1-139-22160-4

1-139-21542-6

1-139-22503-0

1-139-22331-3

1-139-05752-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (99 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

610

Soggetti

Informed consent (Medical law)

Physician and patient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The literature on informed consent and its ethico-legal significance in clinical practice has grown rapidly in recent years. This unique book offers a practical description of the principles of informed consent and their application in daily clinical practice. Written by a team of experts in medical ethics and law, the chapters use a case-based approach to elucidate the essence of consent and highlight the ways in which individual patients and diverse situations can shape and even challenge the fundamental principles of informed consent. A range of situations in both primary and secondary care are covered and the content is arranged conceptually to help emphasise certain recurrent and related themes. An informative and rigorous yet accessible text, Informed



Consent: A Primer for Clinical Practice is an essential resource for healthcare professionals working in all medical fields.