Law for Doctors: Principles and Practicalities, 2nd edition - Softcover

Branthwaite, M. A.; Beresford, Nigel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853155403 ISBN 13: 9781853155406

Publisher: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

This non-technical guide to medical law is valued by doctors and other health professionals who have little time or the legal background to read detailed books on medical law. Law for Doctors focuses on aspects of English law that are particularly relevant to medical practice such as civil claims, legal procedures, funding, complaints, whistle-blowing, disciplinary proceedings, coroners' courts and criminal law.
This second edition includes new sections on recent case law and statutory developments and provides further information about confidentiality and disclosure, and disciplinary proceedings. It will appeal to all clinical and managerial staff, and students, who are involved in the delivery of healthcare.

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5 Stars: Excellent, clear, concise and simple to read guide!,
I found this book an excellent guide ... The glossary of legal terms was invaluable and the sources of legal references most useful so that one can look up the cases needed. Overall, a very well written and presented book that almost anyone could pick up and understand. (Amazon customer review, Mar 01 )

4 Stars: Excellent current overview
Very punchy and concise summary of current case and statute law for doctors. References and key cases and statutes are good. (Amazon customer review, Mar 01 )

Although very concise, the amount of information is adequate to meet the aims of the book, and useful lists of further reading are included in each chapter ... This is an easy-to-read guide to the common areas of law with which doctors come into contact ... a helpful revision aid for those doctors who undergo a further qualification in medical law. (British Journal of Hospital Medicine )

This book is a gem. It should be read by every doctor regardless of speciality. It also should be available in every hospital department and in all health centres. The reviewer wishes that it had been available twenty years ago! (The Ulster Medical Journal )

For anyone seeking basic information on the medicolegal aspects of day-to-day medicine, this is a book to go for.

(Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine )

For its size, the book manages to cover quite considerable detail. It provides footnote references to leading cases with two line summaries that give a flavour of the case to those frustrated by the legal jargon and the mysteries of the procedure going on around them, it should provide some of the explanation, if not justification, for the system they are expected to step in and out of.

(Clinical Risk )

Synopsis

This concise, non-technical guide to medical law is designed for doctors with no time or the legal background to read detailed works on medical law. It focuses on aspects of English law that are particularly relevant to medical practice such as civil claims, legal procedure, funding, complaints, whistle-blowing, disciplinary proceedings, coroners' courts and criminal law. This second edition includes new sections on case-law and statutory developments since the first edition and provides further information about confidentiality and disclosure, and disciplinary proceedings.

Edition details

• Publisher: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853155403
• ISBN 13: 9781853155406
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 96