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About this book
Where medicine and the law meet the doctor is usually at a disadvantage.
Not understanding the law as it applies to medicine can cause considerable
anxiety in the doctor and affect good clinical judgements. Even in daily
life the law is associated with mystique and incomprehension, its language
both written and spoken impenetrable by the uninitiated. Recently however,
society has entered an era where the doctor cannot be an effective clinician
without a modicum of knowledge of the workings of the law.
This book is written for the doctor who feels unsure about medico-legal
matters or lacks confidence when entering this area. This hand book
demystifies the law. The book decodes its language and explains the concepts
behind it. It shows how laws come about, how they are tested and how they
are refined. With this basic knowledge the book shows how the doctor can
navigate safely through the menacing waters of malpractice, research ethics,
the workplace and everywhere the law has an influence.
Having read this book, the doctor will be free to treat the patient without
anxiety or hampered by misconceptions
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