Medical law

Author(s)

• Nys, Herman
• Furrow, Barry

Bibliographic Information

Medical law

editor, Herman Nys

（International encyclopaedia of laws / general editor, R. Blanpain ; administrative director, Angela Fairbank）

Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, 1993-

• v. 1
• v. 2
• v. 3
• v. 4
• v. 5
• v. 6
• v. 7
• codex 1
• codex 2

Note

Kept up to date by supplement

Includes index

Vol. 4 / by Barry Furrow and others.

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Relating to the practice of medicine in the large sense, this subset of the International Encyclopaedia of Laws covers national and international medical law. Each national monograph contains, besides a general introduction, a description for the country in question of: the law related to the medical profession, such as access to the medical profession, illegal practice of medicine and control over the practice of medicine. the physician-patient relationship (the rights and duties of physicians and patients) and specific issues such as abortion and euthanasia. And the national law dealing with the physician in relation to his colleagues, to other health care providers and the health care system. An international monograph covers the World Health Organization in both its international and regional aspects. A Codex of International Medical Law and Ethics is also included. Forthcoming international monographs will cover international declarations on medical ethics such as the Declaration of Helsinki on Medical Experiments (1964) and the European Code of Medical Ethics. Each monograph follows the outline below. The Authors Table of Contents Preface General Introduction: General Background General Description of the Health Care System Medical Law Selected Bibliography Part I: The Medical Profession 1. Access to the Medical Profession 2. The Practice of Medicine 3. Illegal Practice of Medicine 4. Control over the Practice of Medicine Part II: The Physician-Patient Relationship 1. General Description 2. The Physician-Patient Relationship in Specific Terms 3. Specific Activities Part III: The Physician and the Health Care System 1. Collegial Relationships 2. Relationship with Other Health Care Providers 3. Relationship with Health Care Institutions Index Updated: 4-6 times per year

Table of Contents

• Part 1 The medical profession: access to the medical profession - training of physicians, manpower planning - freedom of establishment, licensing of physicians - general practitioners, medical specialists
• illegal practice of medicine
• control over the practice of medicine - professional liability, quality assurance
• review boards, disciplinary organisations (order of physicians) and professional codes, biomedical ethics committee. Part 2 The physician-patient relationship: general description - rights and duties of physicians and patients, informed consent, privacy, secrecy, complaints, access to medical records
• the physician-patient relationship in specific terms - the minor patient, the mental patient, the dying patient
• specific activities - abortion, sterilisation, in vitro fertilisation, prenatal diagnosis (genetics in general), psychosurgical interventions, organ transplants, experiments on human beings, euthanasia, others (transsexual interventions). Part 3 The physician in relation to the health care system: collegial relationships - associations
• health care centres
• professional duties towards colleagues
• relationship with other health care providers - pharmacists, nurses (midwives), paramedical professionals
• relationship with health care provisions - hospitals, preventive health care, health insurance, others.

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Details

• NCID: BA20810197
• ISBN:
  • 9065449434
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Deventer, Netherlands
• Pages/Volumes: v. (loose-leaf)
• Size: 26 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA14350354