Medical Confidentiality and Legal Privilege

ISBN-13: 9780415755443 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 176 str.

Jean V. McHale

Opis

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Recenzje

`[McHale's] considered opinion is an excellent starting point to finding some way of preserrving the vestiges of medical confidentiality.' - - Natalie-Jane McDonald, British Medical Journal

`This is an impressive book and a fine example of the way in which ethics and law combine in discussions of issues in mesical ethics. I certainly recommend it to anyone working in the firlds of health care ethics or medical law.' - Heather Draper, Journal of Applied Ethics

`This interesting and well written book ... should be a useful addition to the library of those who are interested in confidentiality and the dilemmas it creates.' - A. McCall Smith, Journal of Medical Ethics

Spis treści

1 SHOULD THE DOCTOR TELL? 2 COMPARISONS AND INCONSISTENCIES 3 CONFIDENTIALITY: A PRINCIPLE TO BE PROTECTED? 4 CONFIDENTIALITY: RHETORIC OR REALITY? 5 PRACTICAL PROBLEMS IN PRIVILEGE ENACTMENT 6 MEDICAL PRIVILEGE, COSTS AND APPLICATION

O autorze

Jean V. McHale is Lecturer in Law at the University of Nottingham.