Legal Problems in Emergency Medicine

Alan Montague, Andrew Hopper (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

1996
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-262496-3 (ISBN)

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All professionals now require a working knowledge of the law relating to their subject. This text offers practical guidance specifically for the doctor, nurse, manager or lawyer faced with legal difficulties arising out of a medical emergency.

All professional people now require a working knowledge of the law relating to their subject; `Ignorance of the law is no excuse'. Those practising Emergency Medicine are no exception, whether casualty officers, hospital specialists, or general practitioners. This volume is for them and is in two parts. The first is guidance, through difficult situations, with practical examples, for someone put on the spot. The second is a condensed and authoritative summary of the several legal topics comprising Emergency Medicine Law.

PART 1: PRACTICAL PROBLEMS ; 1. Avoiding trouble ; 2. Department discipline ; 3. Obtaining consent ; 4. Special patients with special problems ; 5. Officialdom ; 6. Local difficulties ; 7. Writing reports ; 8. Going to court ; PART 2: REFERENCE SECTION ; 9. The system ; 10. Consent ; 11. Medical negligence and vicarious liability ; 12. Confidentiality ; 13. Police powers ; 14. Controlled drugs ; 15. Mental health law ; Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.7.1996
Reihe/Serie	Oxford Handbooks in Emergency Medicine ; 15
Zusatzinfo	line figures
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	226 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Intensivmedizin
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Notfallmedizin
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Rechtsmedizin
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
ISBN-10	0-19-262496-2 / 0192624962
ISBN-13	978-0-19-262496-3 / 9780192624963
Zustand	Neuware