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This book describes how clinical law has been applied in numerous cases, thus providing an appraisal of the law which is directly applicable to clinical practice in the United Kingdom. Clinicians from all eight regulated professions, and lawyers who deal with medical disputes will benefit from the cases described within.
List of contents
Foreword by Sir Jonathan Montgomery. 1. Adults Who Refuse Blood. 2. Discussing the Prospects of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. 3. What Should Be Disclosed When Seeking Consent. 4. Deprivation in Essex. 5. The First Glimpse of a Duty to Warn? 6. Can a Patient Choose Her Surgeon? 7. Sentiments. 8. Unwise Decisions. 9. Consulting Relatives. 10. Doctrine of Double Effect. 11. Needle Phobia. 12. Candid over Complications. 13. Examining Patients with Their Consent. 14. Covert Treatment. 15. Can Blood Be Compulsorily Administered under the Mental Health Act 1983? 16. Genetic Confidentiality. 17. Refusing Hospital Discharge. 18. Consent for a Cannula. 19. Changing Direction in Severe Anorexia. 20. Be Informed; Then Disclose. 21. Withdrawing Treatment in a Young Man. 22. The Value of Going to Court. 23. Articulating Best Interests. 24. Loyal Friends. 25. Apply to Court. 26. Disclosing the Miniscule Risk When Seeking Consent. 27. Obtaining Consent. 28. Deprivation of Liberty: The Story So Far. 29. Falling from Hospital Property. 30. Gross Negligence Manslaughter: Perhaps Better, 'Betrayal of Trust'? 31. Interpretation. 32. A Narrow Dispute. 33. A Right to Be Told. 34. 'But All Life Is an Experiment'. 35. Avoid Discouraging Patients from Waiting to Be Treated. 36. Mixed Messages. 37. It Is for Clinicians to Indentify Foreseeable Risks. 38. Separating Twins. 39. Body Modification. 40. Seeking the Approval of a Court for Paternity Testing. 41. Children Refusing Treatment. 42. Can We Rely on Our Advance Decisions? 43. Is There a Role for 'Next of Kin'? 44. Preaching to Patients. 45. Deceiving Patients. 46. Determining Incapacity. 47. Reasons for Refusing Blood. 48. Justifying the Termination of a Pregnanacy. 49.The Feasibility of a Covert Caesarean Section. 50. Communicating Risk: Words or Numbers? 51. Stark Compulsion in Grave Circumstances. 52. Going to Court Too Soon. 53. Best Interests in the Absence of Suffering. 54. Patients Value Candour. 55. Informed Consent and Informed Dissent: Two Sides of a Coin? 56. Parental Consent for Their Child's Deprivation of Liberty. 57. Vulnerable with Capacity. 58. Compulsory Treatment for Diabetes. 59. Approving Palliation. 60. Acquiescence; Not Consent. 61. Making Clinical Decisions. 62. ABC: A Duty to Balance Conflicting Interests.
About the author
Robert Wheeler, RCS MS LLB(Hons) LLM is a Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon. He is the Associate Medical Director for the Department of Clinical Law, University Hospital of Southampton, Southampton Hampshire, England and Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton.
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Summary
This book describes how clinical law has been applied in numerous cases, thus providing an appraisal of the law which is directly applicable to clinical practice in the United Kingdom. Clinicians from all eight regulated professions, and lawyers who deal with medical disputes will benefit from the cases described within.
