Medicolegal Essentials in Healthcare

ISBN: 9781841101705 出版年：2004 页码：284 Jason Payne-James Ian Wall Peter Dean Cambridge University Press

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 Ian Wall and Jason Payne-James 2. Human rights and healthcare professionals Michael Peel 3. Medical ethics and the forensic physician Michael Wilks 4. Confidentiality Peter Schutte 5. Consent to medical treatment Ian Wall 6. Professional bodies and discipline Ian Wall 6. Professional bodies and discipline Jason Payne-James and Julie Smith 7. Complaints in the National Health Service George Fernie 8. The Mental Health Act (England and Wales) Alain Gregoire 9. Death certification and the role of the coroner Peter Dean 10. Tissues and organs Sharon Korek 11. Organ donation Sue Sutherland 12. Living wills Sharon Korek 13. Euthanasia and end-of-life decision-making Hazel Biggs 14. Abortion and reproductive health Adrian Lower 15. The Children Act 1989 Allan Levy QC 16. Clinical negligence Ian Wall 17. Legislation for medicines and product liability Robin Harman 18. Clinical trials: ethical, legal and practical considerations Christobel Saunders 19. Medicolegal implications of blood-borne viruses Felicity Nicholson 20. Healthcare professionals in court - professional and expert witnesses Stephen Robinson Index.