INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA FOR MEDICAL LAW
Edited by Prof. Dr. Herman Nys
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Table of contents
List of abbreviations
Preface
General Introduction
§1. General background of the country
I. Geography
II. Cultural composition
III. Political system
IV. Population and vital statistics
V. Social and cultural values
§2. General description of the health care system
I. General review of the health care system
II. Regulation of the health care system
III. Financing of the health care system
§3. Sources of Medical Law
Selected bibliography
Part I. The Medical Profession
Chapter 1. Access to the medical profession
§1. Training of physicians
§2. Manpower planning
I. Freedom of establishment
§3. Licensing of physicians
I. General practitioners
II. Medical specialists
Chapter 2. The practice of medicine
Chapter 3. Illegal practice of medicine
Chapter 4. Control over the practice of medicine
§1. Professional liability
I. Civil liability
II. Criminal liability
III. Vicarious liability
§2. Quality assurance
§3. Review boards
§4. Disciplinary organisations
I. Order of physicians
II. Professional codes
III. Biomedical ethics committee
Part II. The Physician-Patient Relationship
Chapter 1. General description
§1. Rights and duties of physicians and patients
§2. Informed consent
§3. Privacy
§4. Secrecy
§5. Complaints
§6. Access to medical records
Chapter 2. The physician-patient relationship in specific terms
§1. The minor patient
§2. The mental patient
§3. The dying patient
Chapter 3. Specific activities
§1. Abortion
§2. Sterilisation
§3. In vitro fertilization
§4. Prenatal diagnosis (genetics in general)
§5. Psycho surgical interventions
§6. Organ transplants
§7. Experiments on human beings
§8. Euthanasia
§9. Others (transsexual interventions)
Part III. The Physician in Relation to the Health Care System
Chapter 1. Collegial relationships
§1. Associations
§2. Health care centres
§3. Professional duties toward colleagues
Chapter 2. Relationship with other health care providers
§1. Pharmacists
§2. Nurses (midwives)
§3. Paramedical professionals
Chapter 3. Relationship with health care institutions
§1. Hospitals
§2. Preventive health care
§3. Health insurance
§4. Others
Index
