Malpractice and medico-legal issues

Medico legal issues.

This chapter gives an educational overview of: * An awareness of the legal issues involved in health informatics * The need for the privacy and security of the patient record * The legal consequences of a breach of the security of the patient record * The concept of privacy law and what precautions ought to be taken to minimize legal liability for a breach of privacy and/or confidentiality.

Medico-legal issues in Victorian medical care.

The medico-legal issues raised by 'conscientious objection' constitute a particularly revealing, though hitherto neglected instance of the emerging relationship between community responsibility and personal health during the late Victorian period. The following paragraphs seek to indicate the relevance of a medico-legal approach to Victorian social history, and to suggest certain areas of resea...

Suicide in depressed patients: medico-legal issues.

Medico-legal issues in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation.

Malpractice and other legal issues preventing the development of telemedicine.