Cardiology consists of 20 per cent of all acute medicine. All doctors, in whatever speciality, are involved in it and it has become an area of litigation which has dramatically increased in the last five years. Many types of problems have arisen. Should the doctor diagnose angina when the patient first presents with chest pain? Should the patient be warned of the dangers of cardiac catheterisation? Is thrombolsis safe to give to a patient who has had a stroke? These are a few of the problems which have resulted in major cases and it is very difficult for the lawyer to understand these problems without an adequate background of medical cardiology. The increase in legal cases regarding cardiology is such that any lawyer dealing in medical negligence will inevitably come across this type of problem several times a year. Roger blackwood, MA BM BCh FRCP, is Consultant Cardiologist at Wexham Park and Heatherwood Hospitals' Trust, Slough, and Honorary Consultant at Hammersmith Hospital, London.
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Cardiology consists of 20 per cent of all serious medical treatment. Illustrated with helpful drawings,this [book] sets our in simple terms the main medical conditions and issues that arise from them. Litigation Journal, Vol 16, No 4, 1997.
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Höhe: 234 mm
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978-1-85941-213-8 (9781859412138)
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Roger Blackwood, MA BM BCh FRCP, is Consultant Cardiologist at Wexham Park and Heatherwood Hospitals' Trust, Slough, and Honorary Consultant at Hammersmith Hospital, London.
Anatomy And Physiology; Symptoms Of Heart Disease; Cardiac Investigations; Atheroma; Angina Pectoris And Unstable Angina; Myocardial Infarction; Medico-legal Aspects Of Chest Pain,Angina And Myocardial Infarction; Cardiac Arrest; Heart Failure; Hypertension; Arrhythmias; Valvular Heart Disease; Congenital Heart Disease; Infective Endocarditis; Cardiomyopathies; Miscellaneous Conditions. Arrhythmias; Valvular Heart Disease; Congenital Heart Disease; Infective Endocarditis; Cardiomyopathies; Miscellaneous Conditions.
