Author: HAWKINS, CLIFFORD FRANK. MEDICAL DEFENCE UNION
Title: Mishap or malpractice? / Clifford Hawkins
Description: Oxford : Published for the Medical Defence Union for its centenary in 1985 by Blackwell Scientific Publications 1985. First Edition. Fine copy in the original color-printed. stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.Provenance; from the library of The Birmingham Medical Institute with its presentation bookplate and being presented by the Birmingham Hospital Saturday Fund. with minor library marks. Physical description; x. 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographies and index. Contents; A century of change; The development of medical defence; Protection. advice and education; Hazards for doctors and dentists the world over; Perennial pitfalls; Patient-doctor confrontation: from complaint to court; Consent; Confidentiality; Litigation in the United States of America and in other countries; No-fault compensation; Causes of complaints and their prevention; Epilogue. Summary; Commissioned by the Medical Defence Union to celebrate its centenary in 1985. this book provides a survey of medico-legal matters. It gives an account of the problems that hinder harmonious doctor-patient relationships and suggestions for avoiding the emergence of defensive medicine. Dr Hawkins has lectured and published widely on the subject. and his book should interest all providers of health care. Subjects; Medical Defence Union. Medical errors - Prevention. Physicians - Malpractice. Physician and patient. Insurance. Liability. Jurisprudence. Malpractice. Dentists - Malpractice. Medical errors - Prevention. Physician and patient. Physicians - Malpractice. Medical laws and legislation. Medicine. Jurisprudence. Medical jurisprudence. Medical personnel - Malpractice. Informed consent (Medical law). Confidential communications - Physicians. Quacks and quackery. Defensive Medical Practice. Medical laws and legislation - England. Medical personnel - Malpractice - England. Medicine. Legal aspects. Forensic medicine. Law / Torts. Genres; Bibliography. Festschrift. Illustrated. ISBN: 0632014156. Weight in Kg appr.:

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