Competent patients and end-of-life decisions
CHAPTER 10 Competent patients and end-of-life decisions 10.1 Death [10.1.1] What is the definition of death? The common law approach to defining death has been to rely on the definition…
Children and young people
CHAPTER 9 Children and young people 9.1 Definitions [9.1.1] What do the terms ‘child’, ‘minor’ and ‘young person’ mean? A child or minor is a person who is younger than…
Negligence and standards of care
CHAPTER 4 Negligence and standards of care 4.1 Negligence [4.1.1] What is negligence? A claim in negligence is a civil claim that is successfully brought when one person, the tortfeasor…
Incompetent patients and substitute decision-making
CHAPTER 8 Incompetent patients and substitute decision-making 8.1 Substitute decision-making [8.1.1] What if an incompetent patient needs treatment? Once it has been determined that a patient is incompetent, the health…
Recognising legal questions in clinical practice
CHAPTER 2 Recognising legal questions in clinical practice 2.1 Ethics and law in clinical practice [2.1.1] Why is it important to identify legal issues that arise in clinical practice? Doctors…
Competence
CHAPTER 7 Competence 7.1 Assessing the competence of patients to give consent [7.1.1] What is meant by ‘competence to consent to medical treatment’? As chapter 6 makes clear, consent is…
Aspects of the therapeutic relationship
CHAPTER 5 Aspects of the therapeutic relationship 5.1 Non-tortious legal duties [5.1.1.] While most attention in health law is given to the law of tort, other legal duties arise in…
and Anti-inflammatory Drug Pharmacology
318. The answer is e. (Brunton, p 999; Katzung, p 656.) It has been said that the initial phase of uricosuric therapy is the most worrisome period for a hyperuricemic…
Pharmacology
Which drug was taken with the aspirin and inhibited its aggregatory effects in response to ADP or collagen? a. Acetaminophen b. Clopidogrel c. Dabigatran d. Ibuprofen e. Warfarin 192. A…
