CiNii Books - The legal aspects of midwifery

Any course of action a midwife might take or fail to take and any advice she may give to her client will have legal implications. Every midwife at any 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.

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Introduction
The Legal System
Section A: Professional Issues
Section B: Client rights
Section C: Litigation and Accountability
Section D: Management Issues
Section E: Statutory provisions and childbirth
Section F: Specific situations
Appendices: Congenital Disabilities (Civil Liability) Act 1976
Declaration of Helsinki
Changing Childbirth: Annex 1 Summary of its objectives
Recommendations of the Audit Commission
First Class Delivery: Improving Maternity Services in England and Wales 1997 Stationery Office
3 and 4 to be replaced by the NSF for maternity and childhealth if this is out pre publication
Glossary
Recommended Further reading
Useful Addresses
Index
Topics to be covered in the second edition: Human Rights Act and its implications
Health Act 1999 and Health and Social Care Act 2001
Implications of Government initiatives for midwifery: NHS Plan
National Institute of Clinical Excellence, Commission for Health Improvement
National Service Frameworks
National Patient Safety Agency
Changes in Civil proceedings
Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts and possible introduction of no-fault liability schemes
Nursing and Midwifery Council replacing the UKCC
Court of Appeal cases of consent to treatment and caesarean sections
Data Protection provisions
Audit Commission on maternity services Complementary therapies and the midwife
Developments in laws on embryology and genetics
Removal, retention and storage of body parts and the consequences of the Alderhey Report

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