Churchill医疗法律袖珍手册 Churchill's Medicolegal Pocketbook
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作者： V. Machin，F. Lewington，Peter Dean著
出 版 社： Oversea Publishing House
出版时间： 2003-4-1字数：版次： 1页数： 252印刷时间： 2003/04/01开本： 32开印次： 1纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9780443071331包装： 平装内容简介
This is a further volume in the successful Churchill POCKETBOOK series. It aims to give highly practical advice to the clinician on those occasions where there is a potential medicolegal issue. As with all volumes in the series the information is presented in a highly accessible style and it will be invaluable in Accident and Emergency Departments and General Practitioner surgeries. By using the correct procedures future potential legal risk can be minimized.
Pocketbook series style makes information highly accessible.
Deals with the law of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Practical advice will help minimise legal risk.
Covers risk management, which is central to Government health policies.
目录
1 British legal systems introduction
Categories of law
Sources of law
Juries
The legal system of England and Wales
The legal system of Scotland
The legal system of Northern Ireland
2. Legal procedure and
appearing in court
Introduction
The legal profession
Proceedings at an inquest or fatal accident inquiry
Civil litigation
Criminal proceedings
Appearing in court
3. Preparing a police
statement
The purpose of a statement
Writing a statement
Content
Description of injuries
4. Forensic samples
Introduction
Uses of samples
Problems with taking samples
Continuity of evidence
Types of samples
Intimate searches
5. Consent
Introduction
Definitions of consent
Obtaining consent
Disclosure of risk
Limits of consent
Consent and the unconscious patient
Consent and the mentally impaired
Consent and minors
Consent in special cases
Assessment of capacity
Refusal to consent
Situations where consent is not required
6. Confidentiality and disclosure
Introduction
Principles
Exceptions
Sta tu tory d u ties
Remedies for breach of confidentiality
Specialized doctors
Conclusions
7. Clinical governance and risk management
What is clinical governance?
What is risk management?
Principles of risk mauagement
Why do we need risk management?
CNST
8. Handling complaints
9. Clinical negligece
10. Disciplinary bodies and procedures
11. Death and the healthcare professional
12. Brain stem death and organ donation
13. Euthanasia,withdrawal of treatment and Advance Directives
14. Child abuse and the Children Acts
15. The Mental Health Acts
16. The law relating to alcohol and driving
17. The law relating to drugs
Glossary
Appendix
Index
