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Author:   Herman Nys ,  R. Blanpain
Publisher:   Kluwer Law International
Imprint:   Kluwer Law International
ISBN:  

9789065449436

ISBN 10:   9065449434
Publication Date:   01 June 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Loose-leaf
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part 1 The medical profession: access to the medical profession - training of physicians, manpower planning - freedom of establishment, licensing of physicians - general practitioners, medical specialists; illegal practice of medicine; control over the practice of medicine - professional liability, quality assurance; review boards, disciplinary organisations (order of physicians) and professional codes, biomedical ethics committee. Part 2 The physician-patient relationship: general description - rights and duties of physicians and patients, informed consent, privacy, secrecy, complaints, access to medical records; the physician-patient relationship in specific terms - the minor patient, the mental patient, the dying patient; specific activities - abortion, sterilisation, in vitro fertilisation, prenatal diagnosis (genetics in general), psychosurgical interventions, organ transplants, experiments on human beings, euthanasia, others (transsexual interventions). Part 3 The physician in relation to the health care system: collegial relationships - associations; health care centres; professional duties towards colleagues; relationship with other health care providers - pharmacists, nurses (midwives), paramedical professionals; relationship with health care provisions - hospitals, preventive health care, health insurance, others.

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