| Description |
1 online resource (464 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; Tables; Preface; Preface to the 1997 edition; Acknowledgments; About the authors; Table of cases; Table of statutes; 1 Ethical principles for the medical profession; 2 Ethical and legal responsibilities of medical students; 3 Communication skills; 4 Consent and informed decision making; 5 Confidentiality, privacy and disclosure; 6 Medical records, reports and certificates; 7 Negligence, professional liability and adverse events; 8 The regulation of the medical profession; 9 Health-care complaints systems |
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10 The doctor and sexual boundaries11 Personal health of the doctor: illness and impairment; 12 Maintenance of professional competence; 13 Ethics and the allocation of health-care resources; 14 The Australian health-care system; 15 The doctor and interprofessional relationships; 16 Entering and leaving practice and practice management; 17 Clinical research; 18 Prescribing and administering drugs; 19 Diagnosing and certifying death and the role of the coron |
| Summary |
Good Medical Practice: Professionalism, Ethics and Law encompasses the professional, ethical and legal requirements of being a doctor |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Medical education -- Australia
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Physicians -- Professional ethics -- Study and teaching
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Medical education
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Australia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cordner, Stephen M
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Thomson, Colin J. H
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Plueckhahn, Vernon D
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| ISBN |
9780511680274 |
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0511680279 |
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