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BL
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963619
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b717989
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Medicolegal essentials in healthcare /\ edited by Jason Payne-James, Ian Wall, Peter Dean ; [foreword by Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss].
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| Edition Statement
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2nd ed.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: Greenwich Medical Media ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2004.
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1 online resource (xxi, 260 pages)
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| ISBN
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051118493X
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: 0511185766
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: 0511186673
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: 0511187602
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: 1107156858
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: 1280449438
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: 1841101702
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: 9780511184932
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: 9780511185762
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: 9780511186677
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: 9780511187605
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: 9780511313677
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: 9781107156852
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: 9781280449437
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: 9781841101705
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0511187602
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1841101702
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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"Cover"; "Half-title"; "Title"; "Copyright"; "Contents"; "Contributors"; "Editors� note for the first edition"; "Editors� note for the second edition"; "Foreword"; "Table of statutes"; "Table of cases"; "1 Legal institutions and the legal process"; "SOURCES OF LAW"; "Parliamentary law"; "Delegated legislation"; "STRUCTURE OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE"; "Control of executive powers"; "Ministerial responsibility"; "Parliamentary review and Select Committees"; "Tribunals"; "Public inquiries"; "The Ombudsman"; "Judicial review"; "Human Rights Act 1998 (see also Chapter 2)"; "JUDICIAL LAW."
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"Branches of law""The Civil Courts in England and Wales"; "The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council"; "The Criminal Courts in England and Wales"; "Coroner Courts"; "REFERENCES"; "2 Human rights and healthcare professionals"; "HUMAN RIGHTS"; "European Convention on Human Rights"; "Cultural relativism"; "Right to health"; "International humanitarian law"; "HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS"; "Dual responsibilities"; "Psychiatry"; "CONCLUSION"; "ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"; "REFERENCES"; "3 Medical ethics and the forensic physician"; "THE THERAPEUTIC ROLE"; "THE FORENSIC ROLE"; "Consent."
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"CONCLUSION""REFERENCES"; "FURTHER READING"; "5 Consent to medical treatment"; "VALID CONSENT"; "CAPACITY"; "Adults"; "Adults lacking capacity"; "Emergency treatment in adults"; "Mental illness and the Mental Health Act 1983"; "Refusal of treatment (adults)"; "Advance directives, anticipatory declarations, living wills"; "Withdrawal of medical treatment"; "Consent to medical treatment in minors"; "16 to 17 years of age"; "The under 16s"; "Refusal of treatment (minors)"; "Children and young persons lacking capacity"; "Parental responsibility"; "Emergency treatment of children."
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"Confidentiality and privacy""Records"; "FURTHER READING"; "4 Confidentiality"; "DISCLOSURE TO THE PATIENT"; "Responsibilities"; "Rights"; "DISCLOSURE TO THIRD PARTIES"; "DISCLOSURE WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE PATIENT"; "Disclosure to relatives and others caring for the patient"; "Disclosure to other healthcare professionals"; "Disclosure as a statutory requirement"; "Disclosure to employers and insurance companies"; "Disclosure to social services and the police"; "Disclosure to the courts"; "Disclosure to the coroner"; "Disclosure for medical teaching, research, audit, and administration."
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"KNOWLEDGE AND THE SUFFICIENCY OF INFORMATION""FORM OF CONSENT"; "REFERENCES AND NOTES"; "6 Professional bodies and discipline"; "INTRODUCTION"; "GMC"; "Structure and functions of the GMC"; "Registration"; "Fitness-to-practice procedures"; "Conduct procedures"; "Performance procedures"; "Health procedures"; "Interim Orders Committee"; "Other relevant bodies"; "Appraisal and revalidation"; "NMC (FORMERLY UKCC)"; "Professional conduct"; "Misconduct"; "Fitness to practise"; "Interim suspension"; "CLINICAL GOVERNANCE"; "REFERENCES"; "7 Complaints in the National Health Service"; "INTRODUCTION."
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| Abstract
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Medicolegal Essentials in Healthcare provides a concise overview of the most clinically relevant medicolegal issues for healthcare groups in England and Wales, and is a valuable resource for medical, dental and nursing students in training as well as being a useful quick reference for practitioners in these fields. Each chapter is written by a leading expert on the subject, and as such provides up-to-date, concise, and comprehensive coverage, identifying key areas of controversy and enabling readers to put contemporary medicolegal issues into their appropriate clinical context. Key features include: • Focuses on issues of immediate relevance to healthcare professionals • Chapters written by leading experts in the field • 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.
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| Subject
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Medical care-- Law and legislation-- Great Britain.
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Medical ethics.
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Medical jurisprudence.
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Medical laws and legislation-- Great Britain.
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Delivery of Health Care-- legislation jurisprudence.
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Legislation, Medical.
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LAW-- Administrative Law Regulatory Practice.
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Medical care-- Law and legislation.
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Medical ethics.
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Medical jurisprudence.
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Medical laws and legislation.
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England.
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Wales.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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344.410321
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| LC Classification
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KD3395.M43 2004eb
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| NLM classification
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2004 G-207
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W 32.5 FE5M489 2004
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| Added Entry
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Dean, Peter,Dr.
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Payne-James, Jason.
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Wall, Ian, (Ian J.)
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