| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 336 pages .) |
| Contents |
Pathologies, transplants and indigenous norms: an introduction to nigerian health law and policy / Ireh Iyioha -- Healthcare organization and financing / Obiajulu Nnamuchi and Steve Metiboba -- Regulation of healthcare practice / Ireh Iyioha, Abdulwasiu Ojo Akorede Yusuff and Steve Metiboba -- Medical negligence / Ireh Iyioha -- Informed consent / Ireh Iyioha and Oluchi Aniaka -- Physicians' handling of patients' health information : ethics and law of confidentiality / Obiajulu Nnamuchi -- Children and adolescents' access to reproductive and sexual health care / Ebenezer Durojaiye -- Euthanasia, assisted suicide and decision-making at the end of life / Remigius N. Nwabueze -- Abortion and the law / Babafemi Odunsi -- Organ donation and transplantation / Remigius N. Nwabueze -- Assisted reproductive technology / Abdulwasiu Ojo Akorede Yusuff -- Medical integration: law and policy on alternative and integrated medical practice / Ireh Iyioha -- Governance of research involving human subjects / Simisola Akintola and Remigius N. Nwabueze |
| Summary |
The collection provides a comparative analysis of relevant health policies and laws in Nigeria, such as reproductive and sexual health policy, organ donation and transplantation, abortion and assisted conception, with those in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and South Africa. It critically examines the duties and rights of physicians, patients, health institutions and organizations, and government parastatals against the backdrop of increased awareness of rights among patient populations. The subjects, which are discussed from a legal, ethical and policy-reform perspective, critique |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Medical care -- Law and legislation -- Nigeria
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Medical laws and legislation.
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Legislation, Medical
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Medical care -- Law and legislation.
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| SUBJECT |
Nigeria |
| Subject |
Nigeria.
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| Genre/Form |
Legal Canadiana.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Iyioha, Irehobhude O., editor
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Nwabueze, Remigius N., 1968- editor.
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| ISBN |
1472436768 |
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9781472436764 |
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9781317163091 |
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1317163095 |
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9781317163084 |
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1317163087 |
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1472436776 |
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9781472436771 |
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