Overview

A Medic's Guide to Essential Legal Matters offers practitioners highly practical advice on the legal principles which they need to apply to everyday clinical practice.Thirteen chapters cover key areas of medical law from the structure of the legal system, confidentiality, mental health capacity, through to current legal practices. Each chapter is written in an easy-to-digest format with helpful summary boxes covering key legal terms, laws, and statutes, and 'key point' boxes highlighting important take-home facts. An alphabetical glossary of legal terms at the end of the book offers a rapid reference that supports every chapter.A Medic's Guide to Essential Legal Matters has been carefully crafted to be concise yet informative and practical, covering the key aspects of this daunting subject. Written by a team of doctors and legal practitioners in the field of medical law, this resource offers you the expertise and experience needed to get to grips with medical law.A Medic's Guide to Essential Legal Matters includes access to online-only content, consisting of 65 multiple choice questions and answers that can be used to reinforce understanding, along with further reading sources to supplement and explore topics of interest. You can access and use this online material by activating your unique access code.

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Author:   Jane Sturgess (Consultant Anaesthetist and Associate Lecturer, Consultant Anaesthetist and Associate Lecturer, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, UK) ,  Derek Duane (Consultant Neuroanaesthetist, Consultant Neuroanaesthetist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK) ,  Rebekah Ley (Assistant Director, Assistant Director, Medico-Legal Department, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.302kg
ISBN:  

9780198749851

ISBN 10:   0198749856
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   22 November 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

1: Vikram Sachdeva: The English legal system 2: Sarah Elliston: Consent to treatment 3: Rebekah Ley and Natalie Hayes: Confidentiality and information disclosure 4: Nigel Ley and Jane Sturgess: Medical negligence and complaints 5: David Morris, Belinda Cheney, and Martin Goddard: The Coroner 6: Zoee Fritz: End of life 7: Keith Rigg: Organ donation and transplantation 8: Richard Biram: Elderly care law 9: Roddy O'Donnell: Child health law 10: Anthony Holland, Elizabeth Fistein, and Cathy Walsh: Mental health law 11: Anna Curley: Medical regulation 12: William Roche: Healthcare management 13: David de Monteverde-Robb: Legal basis for prescribing Glossary

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This is a superb book whose title accurately describes what lies between the covers, an essential guide on legal issues of interest to doctors and associated healthcare professionals. * Dr Harry Brown, GP: MBChB, Glycosmedia *

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Jane Sturgess, Consultant Anaesthetist and Associate Lecturer, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, UK, Derek Duane, Consultant Neuroanaesthetist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK, Rebekah Ley, Assistant Director, Medico-Legal Department, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK

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