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Everyday medical ethics and law /
Everyday Medical Ethics and Law is based on the core chapters of Medical Ethics Today, focussing on the practical issues and dilemmas common to all doctors. It includes chapters on the law and professional guidance relating to consent, treating people who lack capacity, treating children and young p...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester :
John Wiley & Sons,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Medical Ethics Committee; List of case examples; Chapter 2: The doctor-patient relationship; Chapter 3: Consent, choice and refusal: adults with capacity; Chapter 4: Treating adults who lack capacity; Chapter 5: Treating children and young people; Chapter 6: Confidentiality; Chapter 7: Management of health records; Chapter 8: Prescribing and administering medication; Preface; 1: A practical approach to ethics; Does medical ethics help and how?; Key terms and concepts; Professionalism; Duties and rights; The public interest.
- Medical law and healthcare lawStatute and common law; Quasi (or soft) law; Ethical decision making; Approaching an ethical problem; The BMA's approach; A final word on problem solving; References; 2: The doctor-patient relationship; Setting the scene; Responsibilities for patients and the duty of care; The duty of care; Continuity of care and patients' rights to change; Delegation of tasks and referral of patients; Patient autonomy and choice; Managing patients' expectations; What are the rights of patients who are violent or misuse services?; Truth-telling and good communication.
- Giving bad newsKeeping patients' trust; Managing conflicts of interest; Covert medication; Recording consultations; Chaperones and accompanying persons; Recognising boundaries; Managing personal relationships with patients; When a friendship becomes inappropriate; Intimate relationships; Use of social media; Health professionals acting as witnesses to legal documents; Health professionals' personal beliefs; Breakdown of the doctor-patient relationship; Limits or boundaries on advertising services; Treating oneself, friends and family; Self-diagnosis and treatment.
- Treating family or close friendsStaff who are also patients; Providing a safe service; Whistle-blowing; Emergency situations; Ensuring competence in daily practice; Vetting and barring; Students, shadowing and work experience; Writing references for colleagues; A last word on the doctor-patient relationship; References; 3: Consent, choice and refusal: adults with capacity; Setting the scene; The importance of information; Offering information for contemporaneous and advance decisions; What type of information?; How much information?; Can information be withheld?
- Can patients refuse information?Refusal of treatment; Seeking consent; Who should seek the patient's consent?; What type of consent or refusal is valid?; Voluntary and pressured decisions: Do patients mean what they say?; Documenting the decision; Documenting consent; Documenting refusal; Documenting views about future medical treatment; Implementing the decision; Does having consent mean the procedure must proceed?; A last word about patient consent and refusal; References; 4: Treating adults who lack capacity; Setting the scene.