Medicine for Lawyers

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-1-85315-548-2
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 324 g

This book provides insight into some of the problems and pitfalls encountered in current medical practice. It helps lawyers to commission an expert witness to write a medical report and to interpret it, using their greater knowledge and a better understanding of the practice of medicine.

Zielgruppe

Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wetherill, Diana

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Beziehungen des Rechts zu anderen Disziplinen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface -- 1. Basic medicine: physiology -- 2. Risk management in general practice -- 3. Emergency medicine -- 4. Intensive care medicine -- 5. General anaesthesia -- 6. Cardiac surgery -- 7. Abdominal surgery -- 8. Oncology -- 9. Gynaecology -- 10. Midwifery and obstetrics -- 11. Paediatrics -- 12. Paediatric surgery -- 13. Orthopaedics -- 14. Neurology -- 15. Psychiatry -- Further reading -- Glossary -- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

HM Coroner, Greater London (Southern District);Governor, Expert Witness Institute; formerly Secretary &Medical Director, The Medical Protection Society 1989-1998. Forensic Physician; Police Surgeon, West Yorkshire.