Medicolegal Essentials in Healthcare / edited by Jason Payne-James, Ian Wall, Peter Dean.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Payne-James, Jason, editor.

Wall, Ian (Ian J.), editor.

Dean, Peter, Dr., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Medical care.

Medical laws and legislation--Great Britain.

Medical laws and legislation.

Medical ethics.

Medical jurisprudence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 260 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

OCLC:

171138522