Medical and healthcare law

Now in full colour, this new and revised edition of The Hospital Autopsy presents a clear and systematic approach to safe and effective modern autopsy practice for pathologists.

`Sanctity of life' and `human dignity' are two bioethical concepts that play an important role in bioethical discussions.

Psychische Erkrankungen sind eine gesamtgesellschaftliche Herausforderung mit vielen Facetten und müssen als solche auch interdisziplinär betrachtet werden.

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Between Identity and Change reconsiders psychoanalytic psychotherapy for contemporary contexts.

Health rights litigation is still an emerging phenomenon in Africa, despite the constitutions of many African countries having provisions to advance the right to health.

This book is a philosophically-oriented introduction to bioethics.

Errors and violations harm many patients: this book explores how to improve both accountability and patient safety in healthcare.

Emerging medical technologies are changing our views on human nature and what it means to be alive, healthy, and leading a good life.

Argues that European human rights law must acknowledge that autonomy is dependent on the existence of trusting and caring relationships.

The book discusses compensation mechanisms and other non-judicial means that offer alternatives to court proceedings, designed and provided for within national legal regimes.

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Microfluidic biochips have gained prominence due to their versatile applications to biochemistry and health-care domains such as point-of-care clinical diagnosis of tropical and cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, toxicity analysis, and for the mitigation of the global HIV crisis, among others.

First published in 1998, this unique, timely book applies sociological concepts and analysis to the study of organ transplantation and related medical phenomena.

What happens when two systems, law and medicine, are joined in the arena of the court?

An examination of how the concept of humanity is mobilized to make legal arguments in different areas of law.

In its third edition, The Minister's Guide to Psychological Disorders and Treatments is the definitive guide to everything a minister might need to know about the most common psychological disorders and current evidence-based mental health treatments.

Understanding Victims of Interpersonal Violence: A Guide for Investigators and Prosecutors provides accessible information for criminal justice personnel "e;in the trenches"e; with victims of violence to aid in understanding and explaining their behavior.

A thoroughly researched, empirically-based explanation of the failures of end-of-life communication & decision-making in the United States.

Medical confidentiality is universally recognised as a value worth protecting.

This handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of the current and emerging research and policy on disability law.

When the Affordable Care Act was just beginning to be implemented in 2013, the HHS secretary released a report stating the goal of Affordable Healthcare Act is to increase competition and transparency in the markets for individuals and small group insurance leading to higher quality, more affordable products.

Drawing on extensive data including news media reports and commentaries, documentaries, courts and court reports, films, websites, professional literature and government and non-government agencies, this book explores the 'Alzheimerisation' of the euthanasia debate, examining the shift in recent years in public attitudes towards the desirability and moral permissibility of euthanasia as an end-of-life 'solution' for people living with the disease - not just at its end stage, but also at earlier stages.

This book describes clearly how legislation can be used to advance the rights and entitlements of people with mental health problems.

This new volume in the Reproductive Medicine for Clinicians series of the International Academy of Human Reproduction (IAHR) focuses on current hot topics in the field, their ethical and legal aspects and their impact on society.

Sexual Offending and Mental Health draws together theoretical, clinical and mental health issues for the range of professionals working in the community and in-patient settings with sex offenders and those who have behaved in sexually inappropriate ways.

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Based on the IOM's estimate of 44,000 deaths annually, medical errors rank as the eighth leading cause of death in the U.

The coronavirus pandemic struck unexpectedly, posing unprecedented challenges around the world.

With the interdisciplinary challenges required of legal nurse consulting, starting a business in this field requires yet another set of tools: knowledge of running a business.

This book provides an understanding of what is required to engineer and manufacture drug products.

Modern technology using state-of-the-art equipment can now identify almost any toxin relevant to a legal issue.

The book presents the latest advances in soft electronics in biomedical engineering and its potential applications in various biomedical fields.

This book provides insight into some of the problems and pitfalls encountered in current medical practice.

This book provides a comparative and accessible analysis of key areas of healthcare law, comparing English law with selected common and civil law jurisdictions within a framework of law and medical ethics, and encompassing pivotal cases, codes and legislation.

Composites in Biomedical Applications presents a comprehensive overview on recent developments in composites and their use in biomedical applications.

Nursing Law and Ethics explores a variety of key legal and ethical issues in nursing practice using a thought-provoking and holistic approach.

Das Buch gewährt einen umfassenden Überblick über den Status quo der U.

Understanding Victims of Interpersonal Violence: A Guide for Investigators and Prosecutors provides accessible information for criminal justice personnel "e;in the trenches"e; with victims of violence to aid in understanding and explaining their behavior.

Forensic science has become a mainstay of popular culture on television, in movies, books, and podcasts.

Advances in the field of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) have been revolutionary.

This collection brings together essays from leading figures in the field of medical law and ethics which address the key issues currently challenging scholars in the field.

Mason explores aspects of pregnancy which involve medico-legal intervention, including unwanted or undesired pregnancies.

Estimation of the Time Since Death remains the foremost authoritative book on scientifically calculating the estimated time of death postmortem.

Hospital service areas (HSAs) and hospital referral regions (HRRs) are considered more appropriate units than geopolitical units for analyzing the performance of health care markets and policy implementation.