Medical ethics today :
Medical ethics today : the BMAs handbook of ethics and law /
project manager, Veronica English ; head of medical ethics, Ann Sommerville ; written by Sophie Brannan [and others].
- 3rd ed.
- Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The doctor-patient relationship -- Consent, choice, and refusal : adults with capacity -- Treating adults who lack capacity -- Children and young people -- Confidentiality -- Health records -- Contraception, abortion, and birth -- Assisted reproduction -- Genetics -- Caring for patients at the end of life -- Euthanasia and physician assisted suicide -- Responsibilities after a patient's death -- Prescribing and administering medication -- Research and innovative treatment -- Emergency situations -- Doctors with dual obligations -- Providing treatment and care in detention settings -- Education and training -- Teamwork, referral, delegation, and shared care -- Public health dimensions of medical practice -- Reducing risk, clinical error, and poor performance.
This is your source for authoritative and comprehensive guidance from the British Medical Association (BMA) Medical Ethics Department covering both routine and highly contentious medico-legal issues faced by health care professionals. The new edition updates the information from both the legal and ethical perspectives and reflects developments surrounding The Mental Capacity Act, Human Tissue Act, and revision of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act.
9781444355635 1444355635 9781444355666 144435566X 9781280589058 1280589051
10.1002/9781444355666 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com
Medical ethics--Great Britain--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Ethics, Medical.
Jurisprudence.
MEDICAL--Ethics.
Medical ethics.
Great Britain.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Handbooks and manuals.
R724
174.2
W 50
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The doctor-patient relationship -- Consent, choice, and refusal : adults with capacity -- Treating adults who lack capacity -- Children and young people -- Confidentiality -- Health records -- Contraception, abortion, and birth -- Assisted reproduction -- Genetics -- Caring for patients at the end of life -- Euthanasia and physician assisted suicide -- Responsibilities after a patient's death -- Prescribing and administering medication -- Research and innovative treatment -- Emergency situations -- Doctors with dual obligations -- Providing treatment and care in detention settings -- Education and training -- Teamwork, referral, delegation, and shared care -- Public health dimensions of medical practice -- Reducing risk, clinical error, and poor performance.
This is your source for authoritative and comprehensive guidance from the British Medical Association (BMA) Medical Ethics Department covering both routine and highly contentious medico-legal issues faced by health care professionals. The new edition updates the information from both the legal and ethical perspectives and reflects developments surrounding The Mental Capacity Act, Human Tissue Act, and revision of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act.
9781444355635 1444355635 9781444355666 144435566X 9781280589058 1280589051
10.1002/9781444355666 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com
Medical ethics--Great Britain--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Ethics, Medical.
Jurisprudence.
MEDICAL--Ethics.
Medical ethics.
Great Britain.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Handbooks and manuals.
R724
174.2
W 50