Medical law and ethics
By: Jonathan Herring.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 685
ISBN-13: 9780199276967
Subjects: Medical laws and legislation; Medical ethics; Medical laws and legislation -- Great Britain; Medical ethics -- Great Britain
Description: "Medical Law and Ethics 2nd Edition provides essential legal and ethical principles for anyone pursuing a healthcare career. It provides a foundation of all the essentials including the legal system, the patient/physician relationship, professional liability and medical malpractice prevention, public duties of the physician, the medical record, confidentiality, bioethical issues, and HIPAA."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [628]-682) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ethics and medical law; title: Medical negligence; title: Consent to treatment; title: Confidentiality; title: Contraception, abortion, and pregnancy; title: Reproduction; title: Organ donation and the ownership of body parts; title: Dying and death; title: The structure of the NHS and the rationing of health care resources; title: Mental health law; title: Research.