Consent, benefit, and risk in anaesthetic practice

Author:   Jonathan G. Hardman (Associate Professor and Reader and honorary consultant anaesthetist, University of Nottingham, UK) ,  Iain K. Moppett (Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Anaesthetist, University of Nottingham, UK) ,  Alan R. Aitkenhead (Professor of Anaesthesia and honorary consultant anaesthetist, University of Nottingham, UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199296873


Pages:   384
Publication Date:   26 February 2009
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jonathan G. Hardman (Associate Professor and Reader and honorary consultant anaesthetist, University of Nottingham, UK) ,  Iain K. Moppett (Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Anaesthetist, University of Nottingham, UK) ,  Alan R. Aitkenhead (Professor of Anaesthesia and honorary consultant anaesthetist, University of Nottingham, UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.580kg
ISBN:  

9780199296873


ISBN 10:   0199296871
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   26 February 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Section 1: CONSENT 1: A.R. Aitkenhead: Generic aspects of consent 2: I.K. Moppett: Conveying risks and benefits Section 2: CLINICAL CONTEXTS FOR CONSENT 3: W. Scott: Obstetrics 4: B. Riley: Emergency surgery 5: A. March & R.J. Winter: Critical care 6: S. Howell: High risk patients 7: O. Dearlove: Children 8: S.M. White: Incapacity - learning impaired, dementia, mental and emotional disturbance 9: E.A. Flockton & J.M. Hunter: Research, audit and trainees Section 3: RISKS & BENEFITS 10: A.R. Aitkenhead: Mortality associated with anaesthesia 11: A.R. Aitkenhead: Awareness during anaesthesia 12: I.K. Moppett: Respiratory risk 13: H.J. Skinner: Cardiovascular risk 14: H.J. Skinner & I.K. Moppett: Haematological risk 15: J.G. Hardman: Nervous system and regional anaesthesia 16: M.H. Nathanson: Psychiatric risk 17: F. Plaat & S. Wallace: Endocrine and renal risk 18: R.A. McCahon & J.G. Hardman: Injury during anaesthesia 19: P.M. Hopkins: Temperature 20: I.K. Moppett: Equipment 21: R. Glavin: Drug reactions and drug errors Section 4: PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES 22: M.A.M.S. Leigh: The legal framework for consent 23: O. Newell: The patient's perspective

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It is very readable and written by authors with experience and knowledge... the information given is clear and comprehensive. This will be useful to anyone practicing anaesthesia, whether as a consultant or in training. British Journal of Anaesthesia


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Jonathan Hardman is a clinical academic in anaesthesia at the University of Nottingham. He trained in Nottingham and took up his first clinical academic post there in 1996. His interests include pathophysiological modelling and perioperative risk and outcome. He is a member of the editorial boards of two journals, the Honorary Secretary of the Anaesthetic Research Society and the holder of the Royal College of Anaesthetists' Macintosh Professorship. Iain Moppett is a clinical academic in anaesthesia at the University of Nottingham. He trained in Cambridge and Nottingham and took up his first clinical academic post there in 2000. His interests include computational modelling, perioperative risk prediction and consent. He is a member of the editorial board of EIDO Healthcare, a medical information and consent company and was on the AAGBI working party on consent. Alan Aitkenhead became Professor of Anaesthesia in Nottingham in January 1989. His principal research interests relate to the influence of anaesthetic and analgesic drugs on the outcome of surgery of the colon, memory and awareness during general anaesthesia, and safety of anaesthesia. He is author and co-editor of a number of books, including Textbook of Anaesthesia, now in its fifth edition. He is currently Head of the School of Medical and Surgical Sciences at the University of Nottingham and Chair of the Nottingham and East Midlands School of Anaesthesia. He is a member of the Council of the Medical Defence Union. Internationally, he was a founder member of the European Society of Anaesthesiologists and was its President from 1996 to 1999, and he is Chairman of the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Anaesthesiology.

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