Informed Consent in Medical Practice : Principles and Conventions

Kalidas D Chavan and Rajendra S Bangal

ISBN 10: 9352709934 / ISBN 13: 9789352709939

Published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, 2019

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This book is truly an excellent compilation of extremely practical and relevant information by highly distinguished personalities deeply connected with legal aspects of the medical profession. The book provides a comprehensive view of the issue of informed consent in medical practice and deals with it in a lucid and yet exhaustive manner. It is a much needed contribution in the medicolegal field and will indeed be useful to doctors, lawyers, social organizations, and medical students. Key Features: Exclusively devoted to the issue of consent in medical practice. Divided into 5 sections, such as Concepts and Principles of Informed Consent; Informed Consent in Special Circumstances; Suggested Format of Informed Consent; Case Laws on Consent in Medical Practice; Informed Consent in Forensic Medicine, along with Suggested Reading and Abbreviations. Discusses comprehensive information about the evolution of the concept of consent based on some landmark court judgments across the globe. Keeping in mind the practical problems faced by the medical practitioners, templates of some kinds of consent and relevant information about consents in specific situations have been provided. A separate part is devoted to consents in medicolegal matters.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Informed Consent in Medical Practice : Principles and Conventions
• Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9352709934
• ISBN 13: 9789352709939
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book is truly an excellent compilation of extremely practical and relevant information by highly distinguished personalities deeply connected with legal aspects of the medical profession. The book provides a comprehensive view of the issue of informed consent in medical practice and deals with it in a lucid and yet exhaustive manner. It is a much needed contribution in the medicolegal field and will indeed be useful to doctors, lawyers, social organizations, and medical students.