Book - C - Legal and Ethical Aspects of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Perioperative Medicine
Stuart M. White University Hospital Trust, Sussex and Timothy J. Baldwin King's College London
Clinical decisions in modern medical practice are increasingly influenced by ethical and legal issues, but few doctors have been formally trained in medical law and ethics, and are unsure of potential sources of accessible information. Perioperative medicine and critical care present issues of autonomy, dignity, consent, confidentiality, medical research, life and death decision making. This book provides a straightforward but comprehensive one-stop reference and should be essential reading for all medical and allied health care professionals who encounter ethicolegal problems during their management of patients.
A one-stop reference for all medical professionals who encounter ethicolegal problems during their management of patients. • Easy to read (avoids legal and philosophical jargon) • Comprehensive and up-to-date (includes recent important legal decisions) • Includes clinical case scenarios, important legal case summaries, further reading and classic papers and exam questions to help get important messages across
2004, 222pp, Paperback
