Medical Law in Israel - 9041133895 - 9789041133892

by: A. Carmi, Mohammed S. Wattad
August 2010, ISBN 9041133895
ISBN 13: 9789041133892
184 pp. Paperback

USD price: $92.00

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this convenient volume provides comprehensive analysis of the law affecting the physicianpatient relationship in Israel. Cutting across the traditional compartments with which lawyers are familiar, medical law is concerned with issues arising from this relationship, and not with the many wider juridical relations involved in the broader field of health care law.
After a general introduction, the book systematically describes law related to the medical profession, proceeding from training, licensing, and other aspects of access to the profession, through disciplinary and professional liability and medical ethics considerations and quality assurance, to such aspects of the physician-patient relationship as rights and duties of physicians and patients, consent, privacy, and access to medical records. Also covered are specific issues such as organ transplants, human medical research, abortion, and euthanasia, as well as matters dealing with the physician in relation to other health care providers, health care insurance, and the health care system.
Succinct and practical, this book will prove to be of great value to professional organizations of physicians, nurses, hospitals, and relevant government agencies. Lawyers representing parties with interests in Israel will welcome this very useful guide, and academics and researchers will appreciate its comparative value as a contribution to the study of medical law in the international context.

The Authors. General Introduction. Chapter 1. General Background. Chapter 2. General Description of the Health Care System. Chapter 3. Medical Law. Selected Bibliography Part I. The Medical Profession Chapter 1. Access to the Medical Profession. Chapter 2. Practice of Medicine. Chapter 3. Control over Practice of Medicine. Part II. Physician: Patient Relationship Chapter 1. General Description. Chapter 2. The Physician-Patient Relationship in Specific Terms. Chapter 3. Special Activities. Part III. The Physician and the Health Care System Chapter 1. Relations with Other Health Care Providers. Chapter 2. Relations with Health Care Providers. Index