Legal Issues in Medical Practice

Section I: Medical Ethics and Law 1. The Ethics of Medical Practice 2. Confidentiality and Disclosure in Medical Practice 3. Disclosing Medical Errors: Why, When and How? 4. End of Life Care Decisions: Ethical and Legal Issues 5. Medical Professionalism: Focus on Communication Skills Section II: Documentation of Patient Care: The Legal Aspects 6. Medicolegal Aspects of Informed Consent 7. Medicolegal Aspects of Medical Records Section III: Litigation against Medical Practitioners 8. Medical Negligence: Meaning, Scope and Legal Interpretation 9. How to Defend Medical Negligence Lawsuit? 10. Compensation in Medical Negligence: How much is justified? 11. Professional Indemnity Insurance: Better Safe than Sorry Section IV: Medical Laws and Judgments Governing the Medical Professionals 12. Landmark Judgments Related to Medical Professionals 13. Medicolegal Outlook on Transplantation of Human Organs Act 14. Medicolegal Outlook on Biomedical Waste Management Act 15. Medicolegal Outlook on PC-PNDT Act Section V: Medicolegal Issues in Various Specialties 16. Medicolegal Issues in Obstetrics and Gynecology 17. Medicolegal Issues in Surgery 18. Medicolegal Issues in Orthopedics 19. Medicolegal Issues in Ophthalmology 20. Medicolegal Issues in Pediatrics 21. Medicolegal Issues in Radiology 22. Medicolegal Issues in Blood Transfusion Practice 23. Medicolegal Issues in Dentistry 24. Medicolegal Issues in Anesthesiology