Medical Law in Ireland - 9041134328 - 9789041134325

by: Deirdre Madden
January 2011, ISBN 9041134328
ISBN 13: 9789041134325
192 pp. Paperback

USD price: $92.00

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Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this convenient volume provides comprehensive analysis of the law affecting the physician-patient relationship in Ireland. 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 Ireland 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 Author List of Abbreviations General Introduction Chapter 1. General Background of the Country Chapter 2. Description of the Healthcare System Selected Bibliography Part I. The Medical Profession Chapter 1. Access to the Medical Profession Chapter 2. The Practice of Medicine Chapter 3. Illegal Practice of Medicine Chapter 4. Control over the Practice of Medicine Part II. The Physician-Patient Relationship Chapter 1. General Description Chapter 2. The Physician-Patient Relationship in Specific Terms Chapter 3. Specific Activities Part III. The Physician in Relation to the Healthcare System Chapter 1. Relations with Other Healthcare Providers Chapter 2. Relations with Other Healthcare Institutions Index