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Medicine, patients and the law

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London Penguin Books 2007Description: 465pISBN:
  • 9781405726023
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 344.041000 BRA
Contents:
Table of contents Part I - Medicine, Law and Society; 1. The Practice of Medicine Today; 2. Doctors' Responsibilities: Patients' Rights; 3. Medicine, Moral Dilemmas and the Law; 4. A Relationship of Trust and Confidence; Part II - Medical Malpractice; 5. Agreeing to Treatment; 6. Competence, Consent and Compulsion; 7. Clinical Negligence; 8. Malpractice Litigation; 9. Complaints and Redress; 10. Medical Products Liability; Part III - Matters of Life and Death; 11. Family Planning; 12. Pregnancy and Childbirth; 13. Assisted Conception; 14. Abortion and Embryo Research; 15. Doctors and Children; 16. Medical Research; 17. Defining Death; 18. Organ and Tissue Transplantation; 19. The Human Body and Its Parts; 20. End of Life
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Table of contents
Part I - Medicine, Law and Society;
1. The Practice of Medicine Today;
2. Doctors' Responsibilities: Patients' Rights;
3. Medicine, Moral Dilemmas and the Law;
4. A Relationship of Trust and Confidence;
Part II - Medical Malpractice;
5. Agreeing to Treatment;
6. Competence, Consent and Compulsion;
7. Clinical Negligence;
8. Malpractice Litigation;
9. Complaints and Redress;
10. Medical Products Liability;
Part III - Matters of Life and Death;
11. Family Planning;
12. Pregnancy and Childbirth;
13. Assisted Conception;
14. Abortion and Embryo Research;
15. Doctors and Children;
16. Medical Research;
17. Defining Death;
18. Organ and Tissue Transplantation;
19. The Human Body and Its Parts;
20. End of Life