1st Edition
Clinical Guidelines and the Law Negligence, Discretion, and Judgement
By Brian Hurwitz
Copyright 1998
152 Pages
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CRC Press
156 Pages
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CRC Press
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Guidelines are powerful instruments of assistance to clinicians, capable of extending the clinical roles of nurses and pharmacists. Purchasers and managers perceive them as technological tools guaranteeing treatment quality. Guidelines also offer mechanisms by which doctors and other health care professionals can be made more accountable to their patients. - But how can clinicians tell whether a... Read more
1. The Nature and Context of Clinical Guidance 2. The Authority and Validity of Clinical Guidelines 3. The Legal Status of Clinical Guidelines 4. Clinical Guidelines and Negligence Case Law 5. Guidelines, Author Liability and Clinical Discretion 6. Guidelines, Clinical Judgment and Clinical Freedom
Biography
Brian Hurwitz
