Medicolegal issues

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.

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In this age of increasing headlines about drug addiction and prescription drug abuse, this book is a timely revelation of how the nursing profession is also impacted by substance abuse.

Unique among readers in American political and social thought, From Many, One is a broad and balanced anthology that explores the problem of diversity and American political identity throughout American history.

"e;Health care managers, practitioners, and students must both operate as effectively as they can within the daunting and continually evolving system at hand and identify opportunities for reform advances Health Care Delivery in the United States has been an indispensable companion to those preparing to manage this balance.

A scientifically rigorous, multidisciplinary approach to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, for practitioners, researchers and families alike.

How has Cuba, a small, developing country, achieved its stunning medical breakthroughs?

In the context of a growing criticism on the influence of the pharmaceutical industry on physicians, scientists, or politicians, Conflict of Interest and Medicine offers a comprehensive analysis of the conflict of interest in medicine anchored in the social sciences, with perspectives from sociology, history, political science, and law.

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

Unlocking Medical Law and Ethics will help you grasp the main concepts of Medical Law with ease.

Society was not prepared in 1981 for the appearance of a new infectious disease, but we have since learned that emerging and reemerging diseases will continue to challenge humanity.

This book is a philosophically-oriented introduction to bioethics.

From a leading expert on interpersonal violence, this book explains what mental health clinicians need to know about the legal system and their role in it, particularly when working with victims of child abuse, neglect, or domestic violence.

A Medic's Guide to Essential Legal Matters offers practitioners highly practical advice on the legal principles which they need to apply to everyday clinical practice.

Reflecting the work of an international panel of experts, the International Handbook on Psychopathic Disorders and the Law offers an in-depth and multidisciplinary look at key aspects of the development and etiology of psychopathic disorders, current methods of intervention, treatment and management, and how these disorders impact decision making in civil and criminal law.

Patient suicide is an unavoidable occupational hazard of psychiatric practice.

Pflegefachkräfte sehen sich in der beruflichen Praxis häufig mit sozialrechtlichen Fragestellungen konfrontiert, die die Belange der zu Pflegenden betreffen und deren Kenntnisse über Leistungsansprüche der Versicherten fordern.

HIV represents not only an unprecedented pandemic but also a site of civil society innovation.

The virus that changed how we think about cancer and its culprits-and the vaccine that changed how we talk about sex and its risks.

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

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.

The high profile cases of Charlie Gard, Alfie Evans, and Tafida Raqeeb raised the questions as to why the state intrudes into the exercise of parental responsibility concerning the medical treatment of children and why parents may not be permitted to decide what is in the best interests of their child.

This history of the African AIDS epidemic is a much-needed, accessibly written historical account of the most serious epidemiological catastrophe of modern times.

Healthcare faces unprecedented global challenges.

Covers how and why medication failures occur in anesthesia and the perioperative period, with essential information on safety interventions.

Text, Cases and Materials on Medical Law and Ethics presents a valuable collection of materials relating to often controversial areas of the law.

Provides a theoretical background to psychiatric writing in legal contexts and a practical guide to preparing the written report.

Mental health professionals, more than any other clinicians, encounter legal issues on a regular basis.

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

Is it lawful for a doctor to give a patient life-shortening pain relief?

In this age of increasing headlines about drug addiction and prescription drug abuse, this book is a timely revelation of how the nursing profession is also impacted by substance abuse.

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

The high profile cases of Charlie Gard, Alfie Evans, and Tafida Raqeeb raised the questions as to why the state intrudes into the exercise of parental responsibility concerning the medical treatment of children and why parents may not be permitted to decide what is in the best interests of their child.

The Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethics and Law is the definitive guide to the legal and ethical issues around medical and surgical practice.

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

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

Pathology of Sharp Force Trauma illustrates and details sharp force trauma as seen in forensic pathology case work as well as in the clinical setting, outlining how one informs the other in interpreting such trauma for medico-legal purposes.

Suitable for both students and practicing pharmacists, the latest edition of this classic textbook provides comprehensive coverage of an essential component of the U.

This step-by-step guide takes the reader through the complex process of investigating serious incidents in health, social care, and criminal justice environments, acknowledging differences of culture and context that shape an investigation.

Health Insurance Systems: An International Comparison offers united and synthesized information currently available only in scattered locations - if at all - to students, researchers, and policymakers.

Neural grafting, virtual reality, gene therapy, psychotropic drugs As startling new treatments emerge for disorders of the brain, new concerns are arising along with them.

Since the 1950s, the American pharmaceutical industry has been heavily criticized for its profit levels, the high cost of prescription drugs, drug safety problems, and more, yet it has, together with the medical profession, staunchly and successfully opposed regulation.

This accessibly written book explains universal healthcare; the many forms it can take; and the issues, debates, and historical context underpinning the continued struggle for its implementation in the United States.

Provoking urgent questions about the politics of health in the twenty-first century, this collection interrogates how neoliberal approaches to governance frame health and risk in ways that promote individual responsibility and the implications of such framings for the well-being of the collective.

This book examines the idea of a fundamental entitlement to health and healthcare from a human rights perspective.