Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten
ISBN: 978-90-411-5336-4
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer
After a general introduction, the book systematically describes law related to the medical profession, proceeding from training, licensing, and other aspects of access to the profession, through disciplinary and professional liability and medical ethics considerations and quality assurance, to such aspects of the physician-patient relationship as rights and duties of physicians and patients, consent, privacy, and access to medical records. Also covered are specific issues such as organ transplants, human medical research, abortion, and euthanasia, as well as matters dealing with the physician in relation to other health care providers, health care insurance, and the health care system.
Succinct and practical, this book will prove to be of great value to professional organizations of physicians, nurses, hospitals, and relevant government agencies. Lawyers representing parties with interests in Japan will welcome this very useful guide, and academics and researchers will appreciate its comparative value as a contribution to the study of medical law in the international context.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
The Authors
List of Abbreviations
Japanese Titles
General Introduction
Chapter 1. General Background of the Country
Chapter 2. General Description of the Health-Care System
Chapter 3. Medical Law
Part I. The Medical Profession
Chapter 1. Access to the Medical Profession
Chapter 2. Practice of Medicine
Chapter 3. Control over the Practice of Medicine
Part II. The Physician-Patient Relationship
Chapter 1. General Description
Chapter 2. The Physician-Patient Relationship in Specific Terms
Chapter 3. Specific Activities
Part III. The Physician and the Health-Care System
Chapter 1. Relationship with Other Health-Care Providers
Chapter 2. Relationship with Health-Care Institutions
Chapter 3. Others: Minister’s Direction
Selected Bibliography
Index
