Kategoria BISAC: Law >> Health

What do we mean when we talk about rights in relation to health? Where does the language of health rights come from, and what are the implications of using such a discourse?

During the last 20 years there have been an increasing number of initiatives and efforts for instance in relation to HIV/AIDS which draw on the language, institutions and procedures of human rights in the field of global health. This book explores the historical, cultural and social context of public health activists increasing use of rights discourse and examines the problems it can entail in practice.

This fourth edition continues to provide comprehensive coverage of health and safety inspectors' enforcement powers, the service and appeal of improvement and prohibition notices, and the law relating to health and safety offences, as well as expanded coverage of work-related death investigations,...

Law, Immunization and the Right to Die focuses on the urgent matter of legal appeals and judicial decisions on assisted death. Drawing on key cases from the United Kingdom and Canada, the book focuses on the problematic paternalism of legal decisions that currently deny assisted dying and questions why the law fails to recognize what many describe as "compassionate motives" for assisted death. When cases are analyzed as discourses that are part of a larger socio-political logic of governance, judicial decisions, it is argued here, reveal themselves as relying on the construction of...

Routledge Q&As give you the tools to practice and refine your exam technique, showing you how to apply your knowledge to maximum effect in assessment. Each book contains essay and problem-based questions on the most commonly examined topics, complete with expert guidance and model answers that help you to:

• Introducing how best to approach revision in each subject
• Identifying and explaining the main elements of each question, and providing marker annotation to show how examiners...

Partnerships between the public and private sectors are an increasingly accepted method to deal with pressing global issues, such as those relating to health. Partnerships, comprised of states and international organizations (public sector) and companies, non-governmental organizations, research institutes and philanthropic foundations (private sector), are forming to respond to pressing global health issues. These partnerships are managing activities that are normally regarded to be within the domain of states and international organizations, such as providing access to preventative and...

Verordnung uber die Rechnungs- und Buchfuhrungspflichten der Pflegeeinrichtungen (Pflege-Buchfuhrungsverordnung - PBV)

2. Auflage 2016

Stand: 30. Januar 2016

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Although experts in systems of the human body, most energy medicine practitioners and biofield therapists don't know anything about the system of laws governing their practice.

Unfortunately, this lack of knowledge and understanding can lead to difficult investigations and expensive fines-all due to simple misunderstandings.

Now, you can protect yourself and your practice by learning the legal information you need to know with this comprehensive guide.

Providing a complete overview of the health care and counseling laws and statutes affecting energy medicine, biofield therapists,...

EU Health Systems and Distributive Justice uses theories of distributive justice to examine tensions created by the application of the Internal Market rules to the provision of health care services within the European Union.

Using the concepts and principles embedded in the theories of egalitarianism and libertarianism, this book analyses the impact of the Internal Market rules on common values and principles shared by European health systems, such as universality, accessibility, equity and solidarity. This analysis is conducted using the specific issue of cross-border health care....

Exploring the patterns in the rich tapestry of medical law, this text is the most up-to-date work of its kind. After an introduction to bio-ethical principles, Australian Medical Law discusses the interplay of different areas of law as they impact on medical practice. The text considers the impact of contract, crime and tort law. Particular attention is given to competency and the thorny issue of consent to treatment. Other areas canvassed include confidentiality, access to medical records, complaints and transplants. The latest case law is included, as well as commentary on the...

Gesetz uber Betriebsarzte, Sicherheitsingenieure und andere Fachkrafte fur Arbeitssicherheit - ASiG

1. Auflage 2016

Stand: 07. Februar 2016

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Gesetz zur wirtschaftlichen Sicherung der Krankenhauser und zur Regelung der Krankenhauspflegesatze (Krankenhausfinanzierungsgesetz - KHG)

2. Auflage 2016

Stand: 06. Marz 2016

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