Avoiding Trouble
A Guide to Medical Negligence
Published on 31. October 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-7506-2218-9 (ISBN)
Description
Increasingly, doctors are required to have a working knowledge of the law relating to medical negligence. This book is a clear, jargon-free guide aimed at demystifying the legal system and its processes. It uses fictionalized case studies, and makes suggestions for the adoption of good medical practice so as to minimize complaints and possible litigation.
Increasingly, doctors are required to have a working knowledge of the law relating to medical negligence. This book is a clear, jargon-free guide aimed at demystifying the legal system and its processes. It uses fictionalized case studies, and makes suggestions for the adoption of good medical practice so as to minimize complaints and possible litigation.
Increasingly, doctors are required to have a working knowledge of the law relating to medical negligence. This book is a clear, jargon-free guide aimed at demystifying the legal system and its processes. It uses fictionalized case studies, and makes suggestions for the adoption of good medical practice so as to minimize complaints and possible litigation.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 134 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7506-2218-9 (9780750622189)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part 1 The law: history and background; the legal system; the modern law of negligence; the complaints' procedure. Part 2 The law in practice: case studies; how to write a medico-legal report. Part 3 Good practice is protective practice: record keeping - responsibilities to self and staff; medical accident "black spots"; what to do if something goes wrong.