Medicolegal Essentials in Healthcare

A knowledge of medicolegal issues is of increasing importance to all healthcare professionals, as society generally becomes more litigious, and practitioners face the threat of legal claims against them

Contributors

vii

Editors' note for the first edition

xi

Editors' note for the second edition

xiii

Foreword

xv

Table of statutes

xvii

Table of cases

xix

1. Legal institutions and the legal process

1

(10)

Ian Wall and Jason Payne-James

2. Human rights and healthcare professionals

11

(10)

Michael Peel

3. Medical ethics and the forensic physician

21

(8)

Michael Wilks

4. Confidentiality

29

(10)

Peter Schütte

5. Consent to medical treatment

39

(12)

Ian Wall

6. Professional bodies and discipline

51

(20)

Jason Payne-James and Julie Smith

7. Complaints in the National Health Service

71

(12)

George Fernie

8. The Mental Health Act (England and Wales)

83

(12)

Alain Gregoire

9. Death certification and the role of the coroner

95

(10)

Peter Dean

10. Tissues and organs

105

(12)

Sharon Korek

11. Organ donation

117

(10)

Sue Sutherland

12. Living wills

127

(12)

Sharon Korek

13. Euthanasia and end-of-life decision-making

139

(10)

Hazel Biggs

14. Abortion and reproductive health

149

(10)

Adrian Lower

15. The Children Act 1989

159

(8)

Allan Levy Q.C.

16. Clinical negligence

167

(12)

Ian Wall

17. Legislation for medicines and product liability

179

(14)

Robin Harman

18. Clinical trials: ethical, legal and practical considerations

193

(10)

Christobel Saunders

19. Medicolegal implications of blood-borne viruses

203

(30)

Felicity Nicholson

20. Healthcare professionals in court - professional and expert witnesses

233

(8)

Stephen Robinson

Index

241

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Medicolegal Essentials in Healthcare

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