Law in Optometric Practice

Stephen P. Taylor (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2002
Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7506-4578-2 (ISBN)

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Provides a useful guide to the running of an optometric practice, and the legal framework in which an optometrist must work. This book is of interest to those working in optometric practice.

Law in Optometric Practice provides an authoritative guide to the running of an optometric practice and the legal framework in which an optometrist must work. Due to extensive changes within the field, this book provides the most up-to-date and reliable source of information for all those working in optometric practice.First of its kind, providing optometry students and practitioners with all the background information that they need on practising within a legal framework
Covers all aspects of European law
Clear and contemporary, its straightforward no-nonsense approach helps to demystify the subject
Takes into account new legislation and recent lively ethical debates

Introduction to the UK legal system; The National Health Service; NHS terms of service; NHS GOS regulations; Complaints and NHS tribunals; The Opticians Act; The General Optical Council; OSAC and the GOC; GOC disciplinary procedures; Referral and case records; Law relating to the use of drugs; Professional ethics and professional discipline; Standards of vision; Industrial eye protection and consumer protection; The negligent professional; The need for insurance; European optometry; Computers and the Data Protection Act; General law and optometry

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.1.2002
Zusatzinfo	20 ills.; Illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	360 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Augenheilkunde
ISBN-10	0-7506-4578-4 / 0750645784
ISBN-13	978-0-7506-4578-2 / 9780750645782
Zustand	Neuware