Medical and healthcare law

An ethically-principled and pragmatic approach offering solutions to the problem of organ shortage, which remains pervasive in many countries.

An ethically-principled and pragmatic approach offering solutions to the problem of organ shortage, which remains pervasive in many countries.

Examines extent to which law of the WTO restricts domestic implementation of taxes, restrictions on marketing, product regulation and labeling measures for public health purposes.

As medical litigation continues to increase, the best defence for doctors is to be aware of, and avoid, medical errors.

Clinical Responsibility provides practical legal advice by highlighting real-life healthcare case studies and workplace examples.

This comprehensive and practical guide helps professionals and staff within hospitals change the way they collect record store and use clinical information about patients.

It has been claimed by fertility experts that embryos can be screened for 6,000 diseases, thereby the risk of x-linked diseases can be minimised by 'cherry-picking' male embryos that do not carry the abnormal gene.

The Human Rights Act is now in force.

An understanding of the law and the way in which it impacts upon roles, responsibilities and care is a vital component in everyday healthcare.

To maximise the effectiveness of their work, NHS employees need a clear understanding of the structures and systems of the organisation in which they work.

Why is TALOIA bandied about in clinics and on wards?

Sexuality, Disability, and the Law approaches issues of sexual autonomy and disability from multiple perspectives, including constitutional law, international human rights, therapeutic jurisprudence, history, cognitive psychology, dignity studies, and theories and findings on gender constructs and societal norms.

Total pain management mandates that an ethic of adjusted care be implemented at the end-stage of life which acknowledges ethically, legally, and clinically the use of terminal sedation as efficacious treatment.

The second edition of a major text provides a thorough exploration of medical law and ethics, written from the perspective of authors who are medical and health care practitioners as well as law lecturers.

This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection, examines disability from a theoretical perspective, challenging views of disability that dominate mainstream thinking.

Get crucial ethical and clinical knowledge as it relates to the legal system Ethical and Legal Issues for Mental Health Professionals: in Forensic Settings comprehensively focuses on the integration of ethical, legal, and clinical issues for practicing mental health professionals dealing with legal processes in forensic settings.

Get crucial ethical and clinical knowledge as it relates to the legal system Ethical and Legal Issues for Mental Health Professionals: in Forensic Settings comprehensively focuses on the integration of ethical, legal, and clinical issues for practicing mental health professionals dealing with legal processes in forensic settings.

All human behaviour is, ultimately, a moral undertaking, in which each situation must be considered on its own merits.

All human behaviour is, ultimately, a moral undertaking, in which each situation must be considered on its own merits.

Patient safety is an issue which in recent years has grown to prominence in a number of countries' political and health service agendas.

Patient safety is an issue which in recent years has grown to prominence in a number of countries' political and health service agendas.

The prospect that the psychiatric profession has hurt rather than helped many of its patients is incredibly disheartening; however, wrong diagnoses and improper treatment are all too common errors within the field.

The prospect that the psychiatric profession has hurt rather than helped many of its patients is incredibly disheartening; however, wrong diagnoses and improper treatment are all too common errors within the field.

Course Notes is designed to help you succeed in your law examinations and assessments.

Course Notes is designed to help you succeed in your law examinations and assessments.

Advances in genetic technology will lead to novel legal challenges.

Advances in genetic technology will lead to novel legal challenges.

An ever increasing number of codes of conduct, disciplinary bodies, ethics committees and bureaucratic policies now prescribe how health professionals and health researchers relate to their patients.

An ever increasing number of codes of conduct, disciplinary bodies, ethics committees and bureaucratic policies now prescribe how health professionals and health researchers relate to their patients.

Many counselors learn about ethics in graduate school by applying formal, step-by-step ethical decision-making models that require counselors to be aware of their values and refrain from imposing personal values that might harm clients.

Many counselors learn about ethics in graduate school by applying formal, step-by-step ethical decision-making models that require counselors to be aware of their values and refrain from imposing personal values that might harm clients.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the intersection of computational intelligence, health informatics, and computer-aided diagnosis (CAD).

This comprehensive new textbook covers core ethical and legal content for pre-registration nursing students.

This comprehensive new textbook covers core ethical and legal content for pre-registration nursing students.

Designed specifically with mental health professionals in mind, The Bilingual Counselor's Guide to Spanish is perfect for counselors interested in expanding their client base and language skill set.

Designed specifically with mental health professionals in mind, The Bilingual Counselor's Guide to Spanish is perfect for counselors interested in expanding their client base and language skill set.

Drawing on a wide range of primary historical and sociological sources and employing sharp philosophical analysis, this book investigates medical ethics from a Chinese-Western comparative perspective.

Drawing on a wide range of primary historical and sociological sources and employing sharp philosophical analysis, this book investigates medical ethics from a Chinese-Western comparative perspective.

Over the course of an African American's lifetime, mental health care needs change according to an individual's unique interactions with his or her environment.

Over the course of an African American's lifetime, mental health care needs change according to an individual's unique interactions with his or her environment.

This timely volume provides a comprehensive examination of how the proposed new European Health Data Space (EHDS) legislation will impact upon health and genetic data, individual privacy and providers of health services.

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Developing a forensic practice can be confusing and intimidating.

Developing a forensic practice can be confusing and intimidating.

A conflict arises in the clinic over the care of a critically ill, incapacitated patient.

A conflict arises in the clinic over the care of a critically ill, incapacitated patient.

The successful achievement of pregnancies following pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was first reported in April 1990.

The successful achievement of pregnancies following pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was first reported in April 1990.

This book is a philosophically-oriented introduction to bioethics.