ABSTRACT
DRACES [Departamento de Regulación, Acreditación y Control de Establecimientos de Salud] Este documento tiene como objeto: "la regulación, autorización y control de las clínicas médicas especializadas, en concordancia con el Reglamento para la Regulación, Autorización, Acreditación y Control de Establecimientos de Atención para la Salud, Acuerdo Gubernativo 376-2007." Es de carácter obligatorio, por lo que se aplica en todo el territorio nacional. Contiene además, las definiciones de los conceptos relacionados al tema principal, además de la infraestructura que deberá tener cada clínica, incluidos el equipo y recurso humano y técnico.
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Specialization/legislation & jurisprudence , General Practice/legislation & jurisprudence , Minor Surgical Procedures/standards , Clinical Medicine/legislation & jurisprudence , Containment of Biohazards/standards , GuatemalaABSTRACT
Forensic medicine deals both the living (eg, sexual assaults) as well as dead (eg, rape followed by murder) and drug induced death cases. In drug induced death or sexual assault cases some of the victims are sufferers of AIDS. HIV transmission occurs more in free and unlimited sex. Some points are to be remembered as the safety devices while a case of suspected HIV person is examined or autopsy is conducted. These points are elaborated in this article. Some legal implications are looked into while handling such cases with evidence of AIDS. These are also discussed.
Subject(s)
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/prevention & control , Clinical Medicine/legislation & jurisprudence , Female , Forensic Medicine/legislation & jurisprudence , HIV Infections/prevention & control , Humans , India , Liability, Legal , Male , Practice Patterns, Physicians' , Policy Making , Primary Prevention/organization & administration , Risk Assessment , Sex OffensesABSTRACT
Practice of medicine does not involve its curative aspect alone only, but also it is concerned with its legal nee medicolegal aspect relating to (a) doctor-patient relationship, (b) doctor-doctor relationship, (c) doctor-state relationship in relation to the duties of a doctor, obligation to his patients apart from legal aspect of medical practice including infamous conduct, medical negligence, malpractices, etc. State medicine envisages proper code of conduct of registered medical practitioners to guide and regulate their professional activities, to protect the community at large from quacks and charlatans against malpractice. Medical jurisprudence connotes legal aspect of medical practice.