Medicolegal issues

The genetic revolution has provided incredibly valuable information about our DNA, information that can be used to benefit and inform-but also to judge, discriminate, and abuse.

It happens every day: we pick up a newspaper or magazine or turn on the television and are bombarded with urgent advice about how to stay healthy.

Just a few generations ago, serious illness, like hazardous weather, arrived with little warning, and people either lived through it or died.

This study of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) explains in detail how public officials in the executive branch and Congress overcame strong opposition from business and organized labor to pass landmark legislation regulating employer-sponsored retirement and health plans.

Tobacco War charts the dramatic and complex history of tobacco politics in California over the past quarter century.

As we approach the 30th anniversary of Roe v.

Toxic waste, contaminated water, cancer clusters-these phrases suggest deception and irresponsibility.

This book provides an interdisciplinary discussion of the state of global health and current challenges, and offers innovative proposals for change.

Food safety is a matter of intense public concern, and for good reason.

The United States health care system stands out for its strict division of policies dealing with public health and individual medicine.

This book provides an interdisciplinary discussion of the state of global health and current challenges, and offers innovative proposals for change.

Examines social and political issues that have become resistant to compromise by examining them through a population-based public health perspective.

Examines social and political issues that have become resistant to compromise by examining them through a population-based public health perspective.

Innovation in medical technology generates a remarkable supply of new drugs, devices, and diagnostics that improve health, reduce risks, and extend life.

A proposal for resolving tensions between professionals and society regarding tissue for transplants and research, while properly protecting donors'' interests.

Examines the ethical and policy dimensions of testing novel medical interventions in human beings for the first time.

A proposal for resolving tensions between professionals and society regarding tissue for transplants and research, while properly protecting donors'' interests.

A comprehensive discussion of a number of current and emerging governance issues in EU health policy.

Alasdair Maclean examines the ethical basis for consent to medical treatment and offers proposals for reform.

This book highlights concepts of professionalism in medicine such as ethical issues and both clinical and non-clinical challenges in patient care.

Examines the ethical and policy dimensions of testing novel medical interventions in human beings for the first time.

This book highlights concepts of professionalism in medicine such as ethical issues and both clinical and non-clinical challenges in patient care.

Alasdair Maclean examines the ethical basis for consent to medical treatment and offers proposals for reform.

Focuses on the ethical, legal and social issues raised by genetic testing and therapy.

Documents experiences throughout the entire research process - from conceptualization, ethics approval, field-work, analysis, and publication.

28 detailed cases explore the ethical reasoning, professional issues, and the emotional aspects of difficult consultations.

A comprehensive reference providing an approach to problems of biomedical ethics in the clinical setting.

Leading international specialists evaluate the ethical and social implications of developments in reporting surgeon performance.

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

In this book, first published in 2007, bioethics scholars examine the ethical, legal and social questions raised by human genetic databases.

Explores the various impacts of measures of EU law on national health law and policy.

A one-stop reference for all medical professionals who encounter ethicolegal problems during their management of patients.

Discusses the pros and cons of laws against human reproductive cloning.

The ethical issues encountered in the clinical management of extremely premature neonates.

This book connects medical liability to broader trends and goals in American health policy.

Discover the fascinating world of Japanese rice wine in *"e;Sake: The Art of Japanese Rice Wine - The Culture of Japan's National Drink"e;*.

This book provides a unique and in-depth coverage of ethical and moral issues in medicine and their legal implications.

Medicolegal Essentials in Healthcare provides an overview of the most clinically relevant medicolegal issues for healthcare groups.

This 2004 book address all aspects of back pain and injury for a legal readership, in a clear, concise and reader-friendly style.

This book addresses the ethical problems in maternal-fetal medicine which impact directly on clinical practice.

This is an accessible 2002 account of the effects of stalking to provide practical guidance for management and prevention.

A survey of the medical, ethical and legal issues that surround this controversial topic.

Coercion is one of the most fascinating and controversial subjects in psychiatry.

Coercion is one of the most fascinating and controversial subjects in psychiatry.

Accountability is a key concern for nurses and midwives in the NHS today.

This is a guide for all doctors - GPs and hospital doctors alike, on the law and how it affects them.

Awareness of the law is an essential part of any medical practice manager's role and is becoming even more important as patients and employees are becoming more litigation conscious.

The Mental Capacity Act (2005) governs decision-making processes on behalf of adults who are unable to give informed consent, whether they lose mental capacity at some point in their lives due to illness or injury or where the incapacitating condition has been present since birth.

This textbook explains what pharmacy students and practicing pharmacists need to know about pharmacy and the law, including recent changes in the National Health Service.

Practical and jargon-free, this book is aimed at the non-lawyer and includes an extensive glossary of terms.