Medical ethics today : the BMA's handbook of ethics and the law

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820870903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex, : John Wiley & Sons, 2012
• ISBN: 1-4443-5566-X; 1-280-58905-1; 9786613618887; 1-4443-5563-5
• Edizione: [3rd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (957 p.)
• Disciplina: 174.2
• Soggetti: Medical ethics; Bioethics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Medical Ethics Today The BMA's handbook of ethics and law; Contents; List of statues and regulations; Directives and conventions; List of cases; Where to find legal references online; Medical Ethics Committee; Acknowledgements; Preface to the third edition; Bridging the gap between theory and practice: the BMA's approach to medical ethics; What is medical ethics?; The framework of good practice; The theoretical and philosophical background; The BMA's approach; A hypothetical case on refusal of life-prolonging treatment; 1 The doctor-patient relationship; General principles; Changing expectations of the doctor-patient relationshipTypes of relationships in modern medicine; Choice and duty; Maintaining a balanced relationship; Importance of good communication; Trust and reciprocity; Breakdown of the doctor-patient relationship; Recognising responsibilities and boundaries; Patients' responsibilities; 2 Consent, choice and refusal: adults with capacity; The nature and purpose of consent; General principles; Standards and good practice guidance; The process of seeking consent; The scope of consent; Pressures on consent; Refusal of treatment; Are there limits to an individual's choices?3 Treating adults who lack capacity; Consent and the alternatives; General principles; Assessing an ; individual's decision-making capacity; Research and innovative treatment involving adults lacking the capacity to consent; Providing treatment to adults lacking capacity - England and Wales; Providing treatment to adults lacking capacity - Scotland; Providing treatment to adults lacking capacity - Northern Ireland; 4 Children and young people; Combining respect for autonomy with best interests; Has human rights legislation changed things for children?; Scope of this chapterGeneral principles; Emergencies; Consent and refusal by competent young people; Consent and refusal by people with parental responsibility; The courts; Refusal of blood products by Jehovah's Witnesses; Providing treatment against a child or young person's wishes; Cultural practices; Conjoined twins; Child protection; 5 Confidentiality; The duty of confidentiality; General principles; What data are confidential?; Contacting patients; Implied consent for disclosure of information as part of the direct provision of healthcare; The law; GMC guidance; NHS Care Record Guarantee; Anonymous informationPseudonymised data; Statutory and legal disclosures; Statutory restrictions on disclosure; Disclosures in the public interest; Secondary uses of patient information; Adults who lack capacity to consent; Children and young people; Deceased patients; 6 Health records; The importance of health information; Records and record keeping; General principles; Content of health records; Omitting information from health records; Removing information from health records; Tagging records; Electronic records; Security; Transmission; Recordings; Ownership; Retention of records; Disposal; Private records
• Sommario/riassunto: This is your source for authoritative and comprehensive guidance from the British Medical Association (BMA) Medical Ethics Department covering both routine and highly contentious medico-legal issues faced by health care professionals. The new edition updates the information from both the legal and ethical perspectives and reflects developments surrounding The Mental Capacity Act, Human Tissue Act, and revision of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act.