Speller's Law Relating to Hospitals (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780412410000)

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.

Author: John Finch
ISBN-10: 0412410001
ISBN-13: 9780412410000
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1998
Pages: 894
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.92lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.91d