Legal Liability of Doctors and Hospitals in Canada
Author : Gerald B. Robertson
Publisher :
Page : 685 pages
File Size : 11,27 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Physicians
ISBN : 9780779880966
Hospital Liability Law
Author : Margaret C. Jasper
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 37,82 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Law
ISBN :
Book Description
Hospital Liability Law explores the area of law known generally as "hospital liability," the duties and responsibilities a hospital owes to its patients, and the theories under which a hospital may be held liable, including negligence; lack of informed consent and/or informed refusal; unauthorized treatment which may lead to a cause of action for battery; breach of privacy for the unauthorized release of a patient's medical record; and breach of contract. This almanac also discusses the responsibility of the hospital for the actions of its employees, including physicians, residents, interns, nurses, hospitals, mental health professionals, anesthesiologists, and other persons who provide medical care. This almanac examines the elements necessary to prove the various theories of liability that support a prima facie hospital malpractice claim, the defenses to such claims, the litigation procedures unique to medical malpractice, the responsible parties and apportionment of liability, and the damages recoverable. The Appendix provides applicable statutes, resource directories, and other pertinent information and data. The Glossary contains definitions of many of the terms used throughout the almanac.
The Legal Liability of Hospitals
Author : Marésa Cronje-Retief
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 38,31 MB
Release : 2021-08-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9004478159
Book Description
This volume presents, from an international legal perspective, research on the legal liability of hospitals in the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and South Africa. It describes and explains the following grounds or theories which establish liability in the legal systems of the various countries: - indirect or vicarious liability; - direct or primary liability; - liability in terms of the non-delegable duty; - breach of contract; and - doctrines invoking liability. Detailed discussion of case law - including cases involving such related areas as the liability of airlines, shipping companies, and other groups - shows how the different grounds in various countries' legal systems are successfully applied. The Legal Liability of Hospitals will be of great value to practising lawyers, law students and teachers, and health care management officials.
Hospital Liability
Author : James Walker Smith
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,45 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Tort liability of hospitals
ISBN :
Book Description
Legal and Forensic Medicine
Author : Roy G. Beran
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,93 MB
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783642323379
Book Description
This is a comprehensive reference text that examines the current state of Legal Medicine, which encompasses Forensic Medicine, in the 21st century. It examines the scope of both legal and forensic medicine, its application and study and has adopted a wide ranging approach including multinational authorship. It reviews the differences between and similarities of forensic and legal medicine, the need for academic qualification, the applications to many and varied fields including international aid, military medicine, health law and the application of medical knowledge to both criminal law and tort/civil law, sports medicine and law, gender and age related factors from obstetrics through to geriatrics and palliative care as well as cultural differences exploring the Christian/Judeo approach compared with that within Islamic cultures, Buddhism and Hinduism. The book looks at practical applications of legal medicine within various international and intercultural frameworks. This is a seminal authoritative text in legal and forensic medicine. It has a multi-author and multinational approach which crosses national boundaries. There is a great interest in the development of health law and legal medicine institutes around the world and this text comes in on the ground floor of this burgeoning discipline and provides the foundation text for many courses, both undergraduate and postgraduate. It defines the place of legal medicine as a specialized discipline.
Advances in Patient Safety
Author : Kerm Henriksen
Publisher :
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 13,39 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Medical
ISBN :
Book Description
v. 1. Research findings -- v. 2. Concepts and methodology -- v. 3. Implementation issues -- v. 4. Programs, tools and products.
Speller’s Law Relating to Hospitals
Author : John Finch
Publisher : Springer
Page : 966 pages
File Size : 17,30 MB
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 148997122X
Book Description
Hospitals - definition and classification; hospitals managed under the National Health Service Act 1977; voluntary hospitals; nursing homes - registration, conduct and inspection; legal proceedings against Health Authorities and Trusts; injury to the patient; consent to medical and associated treatment; complaints in the National Health Service; liability for premises; patients' property - loss or damage; visitors who refuse to leave; search and arrest of suspected persons; data protection; access to medical records and reports; medical records - ownership and preservation; professional confidence; employment law; nurses agencies; professional qualifications; injury at work; the charity commissioners and charity trustees; hospital charges; provision of pay beds; taxation of hospitals; births and deaths in hospital; organ transplants and disposal of the human body; patient making a will; illegal operations; notifiable diseases; medicines and poisons; mental health law.
Arzthaftungsrecht
Author : Dieter Giesen
Publisher :
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 18,89 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Arzthaftpflicht
ISBN :
Book Description
Legal Essentials of Health Care Administration
Author : George D. Pozgar
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 41,37 MB
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0763788953
Book Description
Using the same approach, this text provides a distillation of the widely popular Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration. It presents an overview of health law topics in an interesting and understandable format, leading the reader through the complicated maze of the legal system. The topics presented in this book create a strong foundation in health law. This book is a sound reference for those who wish to become more informed about how the law, ethics, and health care intersect. Features: A historical perspective on the development of hospitals, illustrating both their progress and failures through the centuries. Actual court cases, state and federal statutes, and common-law principles are examined. A broad discussion of the legal system, including the sources of law and government organization. A basic review of tort law, criminal issues, contracts, civil procedure and trial practice, and a wide range of real life legal and ethical dilemmas that caregivers have faced as they wound their way through the courts. An overview of various ways to improve the quality and delivery of health care.
Fostering Rapid Advances in Health Care
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 24,40 MB
Release : 2002-12-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309087074
Book Description
In response to a request from the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Institute of Medicine convened a committee to identify possible demonstration projects that might be implemented in 2003, with the hope of yielding models for broader health system reform within a few years. The committee is recommending a substantial portfolio of demonstration projects, including chronic care and primary care demonstrations, information and communications technology infrastructure demonstrations, health insurance coverage demonstrations, and liability demonstrations. As a set, the demonstrations address key aspects of the health care delivery system and the financing and legal environment in which health care is provided. The launching of a carefully crafted set of demonstrations is viewed as a way to initiate a "building block" approach to health system change.
