Rättsliga frågor i hälso- & sjukvården

Patienter har sedan länge ett skydd mot att uppgifter om dem lämnas ut till andra. Detta skydd, sekretess och tystnadsplikt, är viktiga principer inom all hälso- och sjukvård. Det finns både rättsliga och etiska regler som styr principerna. Den hä...

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Den nya boken "Arbetsmiljö för sjukvården", som är en andra reviderad upplaga av Sjukvårdens arbetsmiljö, är tänkt att användas som ett praktiskt redskap för framför allt chefer, arbetsledare, skyddsombud och fackligt förtroendevalda ino...

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Drug addiction as a brain disease is this book's theme. Among the many volumes on drugs written for lay readers, it is unique in the breadth and depth of its coverage. In clear scientific terms-- with may striking examples from the author's experi...

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Outlines how the social dimensions of medical diagnosis can deepen our understanding of health. Diagnosis is central to medicine. It creates order, explains illness, identifies treatments, and predicts outcomes. In Putting a Name to It, Annemarie ...

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In order for the information society to realise its full potential, personal data has to be disclosed, used and often shared. This book explores the disclosure and sharing of data within the area of healthcare. Including an overview of how health ...

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As gripping as it is gruesome, How to Solve a Murder is a fascinating insight into the career of a forensic scientist. Includes a foreword from Dr Richard Shepherd, bestselling author of Unnatural Causes. FRACTURED SKULLS. GAS MASKS. BRAIN BUCKETS...

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Your health data is being captured, sold, and analyzed everyday- and our health data privacy laws are not keeping pace. In fact, the average American will generate 2,750 times more health data not protected by our current privacy laws than data pr...

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When and how forcefully must we intervene to save a life, and when should we respect the will to die? This book presents alternative ethical paradigms to understand contemporary challenges in suicide research, prevention, practices, and policies, ...

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The book includes an examination of sources of law important to addiction and its treatment. The foundations for forensic work in professional legal testimony is explored (e.g., legal system, case law precedent, statutes governing addictions, civi...

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Post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) is increasingly used in forensic pathology practice in many jurisdictions. Such imaging has expanded the capacity to evaluate skeletal trauma improving the visualisation, documentation and presentation of for...

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ETHICS, JURISPRUDENCE AND PRACTICE MANAGEMENT IN DENTAL HYGIENE, 3/e is the definitive, up-to-date guide to ethics, jurisprudence, and practice management for all dental hygiene students, new graduates, and licensed practitioners. The authors firs...

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Human beings show a greater inclination to assist persons identified as being at high risk of great harm than to assist persons who will suffer similar harm but are not identified as yet. Does this effect constitute a virtue, or a vice? What expla...

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Legal and Ethical Aspects of Palliative Care provides an overview of critical communication skills and formal organizational mechanisms, such as ethics committees and interdisciplinary rounds, required for decisions in ethical dilemmas which respe...

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Integrating Law, Ethics and Regulation introduces students to the responsibilities and standards in health care derived from law, ethics and regulation. The text approaches ethics and law for health care in an integrated way, covering governance, ...

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This book is a common sense guide for women undergoing mammograms and other breast tests for general screening purposes or for specific problems, both benign and malignant. Women will gain a clear understanding of what to expect during and after t...

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Can it be justified to use neuroscientific technologies for influencing the human brain as a means of preventing offenders from engaging in future criminal conduct? In Neurointerventions, Crime, and Punishment, Jesper Ryberg considers various ethi...

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Good medical and nursing records are essential in A&E for adequate clinical care as well as for medicolegal reasons. This book describes, with many examples, the information that A&E records should contain. It is essential for the new A&E doctor a...

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All professional people now require a working knowledge of the law relating to their subject; `Ignorance of the law is no excuse'. Those practising Emergency Medicine are no exception, whether casualty officers, hospital specialists, or general pr...

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This practical manual shows how the topics of ethics, law, and communicative skills can be incorporated into undergraduate medical curricula. It includes full details of the course developed in Oxford; tutor's instructions, students handouts, and ...

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Children, women and older people are frequently subjected to violence and abuse within their own families. The GP, as doctors of whole families are in a unique position to deal effectively with family violence. This however raises issues with The ...

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This is the second edition of a book first published in 1992. The new edition provides a timely update on the advances in research, availability of data, and theoretical perspectives on the topic. The book continues to drive forward the debate on ...

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An examination of the global impact of alcohol misuse, the current state of alcohol policy and research, and the effectiveness different strategies and interventions, written by leaders in the field of addiction science.

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This classic textbook focuses on medical law and its relationship with medical practice and modern ethics. It provides thorough coverage of all topics found on medical law courses, and in-depth analysis of recent court decisions, encouraging stude...

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Back to the Asylum explains why American mental health law and policy now emphasize `law and order' rather than individualized justice and civil liberties, and why mental health law is currently being reshaped to protect society rather than the me...

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This book is a comprehensive, scholarly, and balanced guide to the controversies swirling around recovered memories of trauma, especially childhood sexual abuse. The contributors provide a road map to the exciting new research on memory, including...

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This book provides a thorough, well-balanced analysis of common research practices with banked tissues, DNA, and genetic data. Describing many examples of beneficial tissue research, the authors focus on problematic research practices, controversi...

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Informed consent - as an ethical and legal doctrine - has been the source of much concern to physicians. This much expanded and thoroughly updated edition provides a wealth of information to help clinicians meeting their legal and ethical obligati...

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Two sensational trials, the first for manslaughter, the second for libel, gripped the city of Brooklyn at the end of the ninetheenth century. In 1892 the Brooklyn Daily Eagle began detailing a history of midnight hearses and botched surgeries perf...

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Tort and contract law have not kept pace with the stunning changes in medicine's economics. Physicians are still expected to deliver the same standard of care to everyone, regardless whether it is paid for. Health plans increasingly face liability...

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What the Doctor Didn't Say opens a window onto the hidden world of clinical research trials. It advises those who are considering participation in such a trial how these trials actually work, and how they are fundamentally exploitative of the pati...

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