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Record Nr.

UNINA9910877128903321

Autore

Brown Arthur (Thomas Arthur)

Titolo

The practice manager's law handbook : a ready reference to the law for managers of medical general practices / / Arthur Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Science, 2000

ISBN

1-282-34242-8

9786612342424

0-470-69884-5

0-470-69830-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

344.41/041

Soggetti

Medical laws and legislation - Great Britain

Physicians - Malpractice - Great Britain

Medical offices - Risk management - Great Britain

National health services - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. An overview of the law -- pt. 2. The law and the practice as a business undertaking -- pt. 3. The law and confidentiality -- pt. 4. Relations between employers and employees -- pt. 5. Consumer protection and product liability law -- pt. 6. Deaths, coroners and mental health law.

Sommario/riassunto

Awareness of the law is an essential part of any medical practice manager's role and is becoming even more important as patients and employees are becoming more litigation conscious. Every doctor in general practice must take note of the legal rights of different classes of people such as patients, employees, visitors to the surgery, and suppliers of goods and services to the practice, to ensure that these rights are not infringed in any way. Additionally the doctor must have a general knowledge of his/her own rights and how to seek redress when he/she is wronged.   This handbook is design