Legal aspects of midwifery
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Legal aspects of midwifery
Books for Midwives Press, c1994
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-333) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Any course of action a midwife might take or fail to take, any advice she may give to her client will have legal implications whether she knows it or not.Every midwife at whatever level will, therefore, find this compendium on the legal aspects of her profession an essential guide through the legal framework within which she operates. No previous knowledge of law is required. To make the subject matter easy to absorb, relevant legal statutes are highlighted, legal cases illustrating real-life situations are quoted and discussed and test-questions follow each chapter. Legal terms are defined and explained in a glossary.
Table of Contents
- Accountability and professional practice
- Health and safety and the midwife
- Record keeping
- Clients' rights
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act
- Complaints
- Drugs and the midwife - Midwives' rules
- Independent practice and the midwife
- Role of the supervisor and supervising authority
- Employment issues and NHS trusts
- Specific aspects of community midwifery in the light of recent cases
- Infectious diseases, AIDS/HIV and the midwife
- Statutory regulations covering birth and death
- Social Security provisions and pregnancy and rights to maternity benefits
- Training and educational provisions and Registrations regulations including EC rulings
- Future developments in midwifery, including the Winterton Report.
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