Medicolegal essentials in healthcare / / edited by Jason Payne-James, Ian Wall, Peter Dean ; [foreword by Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss]

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; San Francisco, : GMM, 2004
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxi, 260 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 344.42041
• Soggetto topico: Medical care - Law and legislation - Great Britain; Medical laws and legislation - Great Britain; Medical ethics; Medical jurisprudence
• Altri autori: Payne-JamesJason WallIan (Ian J.) DeanPeter, Dr.
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Medicolegal essentials in healthcare
• ISBN: 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
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823664703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II