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1 online resource (268 pages) |
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COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; DEDICATION; PREFACE; A NOTE ON ABBREVIATIONS; 1 ABOUT MEDICINE AND THE LAW; LEGAL INTERVENTION IN MEDICINE; Divisions of the legal system; PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE; The General Medical Council; Controlling bodies for other healthcare professions; The Council for the Regulation of Healthcare Professionals; Statutory control of the healthcaring professions; THE DOCTOR AND THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN PRACTICE; The courts in practice; And who pays for it?; CASES REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT; FURTHER READING |
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2 RESOURCES -- WHO DECIDES?DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE; Health Authorities and Health Boards; OVERSEEING THE AUTHORITIES' DECISIONS; An American experiment; GOVERNANCE; AT THE COAL-FACE: THE PATIENT AND THE DOCTOR; CONCLUSION; CASES REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT; FURTHER READING; 3 THE CONFIDENTIAL RELATIONSHIP; MEDICAL ETHICS; CONFIDENTIALITY AND THE LAW; CONFIDENTIALITY AND THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONS; The patient consents; Sharing information within the healthcare team; Disclosure to insurance companies and employers; Disclosure in the patient's best interests; CONFIDENTIALITY AND THE CHILD |
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CONFIDENTIALITY WITHIN THE FAMILYTHE PATIENT IN DANGER; DISCLOSURE BEYOND THE HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT; Disclosure to the police; MEDICAL CONFIDENTIALITY AND THE LEGAL PROCESS; The public interest; THE PATIENT'S RIGHTS; CONCLUSION; CASES MENTIONED IN THE TEXT; FURTHER READING; 4 THE THERAPEUTIC PARTNERSHIP; THE COMPETENT ADULT PATIENT; Arguments against full disclosure; Arguments in favour of disclosure; PATIENT AUTONOMY, ETHICS AND THE LAW; How much information should have been disclosed?; What test is to be applied?; Proving harm; CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS; The mature minor |
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England and WalesScotland; THE INCOMPETENT ADULT; CONCLUSION; CASES REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT; FURTHER READING; 5 REFUSAL OF CONSENT; REFUSAL BASED ON PRINCIPLE; REFUSAL ON PERSONAL GROUNDS; REFUSAL IN THE COURSE OF PREGNANCY; REFUSAL OF FOOD; Hunger strikes; Anorexia nervosa; CHILDREN AND REFUSAL OF TREATMENT; England and Wales; Scotland; MENTAL DISABILITY AND REFUSAL OF TREATMENT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; CONCLUSION; CASES REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT; FURTHER READING; 6 MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE; THE COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE; LITIGATION; Duty of care; Breach of duty; Causation; POLICY CONSIDERATIONS |
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WHO WILL BE SUED?CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE; ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS OF LIABILITY; Vaccine damage; Liability for defective products; CONCLUSIONS; CASES REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT; FURTHER READING; 7 USING PEOPLE FOR RESEARCH; THE DECLARATION OF HELSINKI; Consent; Research and the legally incompetent; THE NATURE OF RESEARCH; Non-therapeutic research; Therapeutic research; THE DESIGN OF RESEARCH; WHO CONTROLS RESEARCH?; WHAT HAPPENS IF HARM RESULTS FROM RESEARCH?; MEDICAL EXPERIMENTATION; THE FUTURE; GENETIC SCREENING AND TESTING; GENE THERAPY; CONCLUSIONS; CASES REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT; FURTHER READING |
| Summary |
There can be few aspects of life which have not altered so dramatically in the past few decades as the relationship between medicine and the law: as each advance in medicine is made, and treatments become more and more sophisticated, the legal and moral issues surrounding such treatments have also multiplied, and become more complex. Written by a doctor and a lawyer, both with many years of practical experience, this book provides a unique and in-depth coverage of the most important ethical and moral issues (and their legal implications) facing healthcare professionals, lawyers and the general |
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8 assisted reproduction |
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Medical care -- Great Britain
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Medical care -- United States.
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Patients -- Civil rights -- Great Britain
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Patients -- Civil rights -- United States
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Patients -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain
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Patients -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
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Medical care
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Patients -- Civil rights
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Patients -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Great Britain
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United States
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Mason, J. K
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McLean, S. A. M
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| ISBN |
9780511194832 |
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0511194838 |
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