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Doctors and nurses have a legal duty to respect their patients' confidentiality. Failure to do so could lead to removal from the register. This article discusses the issue of confidentiality and highlights the exceptions to the rule.
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Confidencialidade/legislação & jurisprudência , Revelação , Relações Enfermeiro-Paciente , Relações Médico-Paciente , Códigos de Ética , Humanos , Medição de Risco , Reino UnidoRESUMO
In English law, a person aged 16 or over may give valid consent to medical treatment. Under the age of 16, a person who is of sufficient understanding and intelligence may also give valid consent. The right to withhold consent is not comparable.
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Defesa da Criança e do Adolescente/legislação & jurisprudência , Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido/legislação & jurisprudência , Menores de Idade , Adolescente , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Compreensão , Humanos , Lactente , Função Jurisdicional , Pessoas Mentalmente Doentes , Consentimento dos Pais , Reino UnidoRESUMO
Adults who were sexually abused as children can sue the perpetrator in the civil courts. However, if they do not do so within the time period set down by the Limitation Act 1980, they may not be entitled to any compensation. Is the law, therefore, biased against them?
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Abuso Sexual na Infância/legislação & jurisprudência , Direitos Civis/legislação & jurisprudência , Criança , Humanos , Fatores de Tempo , Reino UnidoRESUMO
The question of whether it is possible to withdraw a feeding system from a patient who is in a persistent vegetative state raises serious legal and ethical issues which have recently been discussed in the High Court. This article discusses the issues and the Court's conclusions in this particular case.
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Coma/terapia , Recusa em Tratar/legislação & jurisprudência , Inglaterra , Eutanásia Passiva/legislação & jurisprudência , HumanosRESUMO
The question of whether it is possible to withdraw a feeding system from a patient who is in a persistent vegetative state raises serious legal and ethical issues which have recently been discussed in the High Court. This article discusses the issues and the Court's conclusions in this particular case.
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Coma/terapia , Nutrição Enteral/normas , Ética Médica , Defesa do Paciente/legislação & jurisprudência , Suspensão de Tratamento , Inglaterra , Humanos , Função Jurisdicional , Responsabilidade Legal , Competência Mental/legislação & jurisprudência , Autonomia Pessoal , Medição de RiscoRESUMO
Doctors risk erasure from the register and legal action by breaching patients' confidentiality. They should be aware of the instances in which it is legally acceptable.
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Confidencialidade/legislação & jurisprudência , Imperícia/legislação & jurisprudência , Médicos/legislação & jurisprudência , Humanos , Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido/legislação & jurisprudência , Licenciamento em Medicina/legislação & jurisprudência , Medicina do Trabalho/legislação & jurisprudência , Saúde Pública/legislação & jurisprudência , Pesquisa/legislação & jurisprudência , Revelação da Verdade , Reino UnidoRESUMO
With the rise in the number of medical negligence claims over the last decade the demand on doctors to act as medical experts has correspondingly increased. This article reviews the criteria necessary to be a credible expert witness and gives guidance on writing a report that will stand the test of legal scrutiny.
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Prova Pericial/normas , Imperícia , Redação , Prova Pericial/métodos , Humanos , Revelação da VerdadeRESUMO
This article summarizes the main provisions of the Access to Health Records Act 1990 and considers its implications for the medical profession. It is the authors' view that although it is unlikely that the majority of patients will avail themselves of their rights under the Act, its provisions could have significant implications in the field of medical negligence.
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Prontuários Médicos/legislação & jurisprudência , Defesa do Paciente/legislação & jurisprudência , Humanos , Relações Médico-Paciente , Reino UnidoRESUMO
This article considers the extent to which it would be feasible to introduce 'no fault liability' for medical accidents, while the present system for dealing with complaints procedures remains in force. What is needed, it is argued, is a genuinely independent review process for dealing with complaints about clinical judgments.
