Research handbook on patient safety and the law / edited by John Tingle [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Tingle, John, editor.

Series:

Research handbooks in health and medical law.

Research handbooks in health and medical law series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--Law and legislation.

Medical care.

Patients--Civil rights.

Patients.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (406 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

Despite recurring efforts, a gap exists across a variety of contexts between the protection of patients' safety in theory and in practice. This timely Research Handbook highlights these critical issues and suggests both legal and policy changes are necessary to better protect patients' safety.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

1 Patient safety and the law: an introduction

2 The need for more conceptual underpinning in NHS patient safety and clinical negligence policy development

3 The law and ethics of informed consent after Montgomery and the safeguard of patients' safety

4 'Non-therapeutic' clinical research with children: responsibility in the balance?

5 Balancing on a knife edge: patient safety and autonomy in the psychiatric context

6 The role of tort law in protecting patient safety and autonomy in Australia

7 Healthcare in conflict: legally protected, physically at risk

8 Does legalising abortion reduce deaths from unsafe abortion? Experiences in sub-Saharan Africa

9 Physiotherapy in the UK: the second victim in a perfect storm?

10 Patient safety at the end of life: the role and limits of the law in England and Wales

11 The 'patient-friendly' medical injury liability rules in Germany: implications for patient safety?

12 Patient safety in Germany

13 Patient safety, global governance, and the right to health in integrated primary health care

14 Patient safety and the global health agenda

15 Patient safety in Uruguay

16 Pregnancy and childbirth risks: clinical and legal perspectives

17 Patient safety challenges and practical ethical legal issues in low- and middle-income countries

18 Child safety in developing countries

19 Patient safety consciousness in healthcare education

20 Developing patient safety standards

21 Dr Robot: robotics and AI in healthcare

22 Patient safety and the law: a thematic review and assessment of future options

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Tingle, John Research Handbook on Patient Safety and the Law

ISBN:

1-80220-706-6