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.
By:
John Finch, S.R. Speller Revised by:
John D. Finch Imprint: Hodder Arnold Country of Publication: United Kingdom Edition: Seventh Edition 1994 Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 155mm,
Spine: 53mm
Weight: 1.454kg ISBN:9780412410000 ISBN 10: 0412410001 Pages: 894 Publication Date:29 August 2014 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active