Informed consent, informed refusal, informed choice--what is it that makes a patient's medical treatment decisions informed? [0.03%]
知情同意，知情拒绝，知情选择——到底什么才是使患者医疗决策知情的要素？
D T Ridley
D T Ridley
Informed consent is the fundamental ethical and legal doctrine that protects the patient's rights of personal autonomy and bodily self-determination. An adjunct to the doctrine of informed consent advanced by some is the notion of informed ...
Bio-libraries and DNA storage: assessment of patient perception of information [0.03%]
生物库和DNA存储：患者对信息的态度调查
G Moutel,S de Montgolfier,J P Meningaud et al.
G Moutel et al.
Background: Since the creation of places where DNA is stored, a number of questions appear about protecting the individual, confidentiality and the validity of the proposed consent to storage. This study, originating in F...
S Gevers
S Gevers
Over the last ten years, the development and dissemination of practice guidelines has increased at a rapid pace. From a legal point of view, it should always be made clear whether a guideline has been developed to improve the quality of car...
B M Knoppers
B M Knoppers
Research in the area of genetic susceptibility and cancer is beginning to challenge traditional socio-ethical and legal norms. In particular, increased personal data protection legislation is severely constraining the ability to maintain or...
D Chapman-Smith
D Chapman-Smith
Non-conventional medicine, including chiropractic, is now in wide use throughout Europe but is often unregulated. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of present and future regulation of chiropractic practice in Europe. Compa...
Review
Medicine and law. 2001;20(2):167-75. DOI: 2001
The insanity defense: examination of the extent of congruence between psychiatric recommendation and adjudication [0.03%]
精神失常辩护：有关精神病人的鉴定与审判的一致性研究
A Pikona-Sapir,Y Melamed,A Elizur
A Pikona-Sapir
The insanity plea is a known defense often utilized in courts of law. In such cases the accused may be referred for an outpatient psychiatric examination or for hospital observation. In this study, we examined the extent of the accord betwe...
S Maizel,M Z Abramowitz,S Itzchaky et al.
S Maizel et al.
The determination of whether a patient has criminal responsibility or is able to stand trial is routine psychiatric work. Cases in which we- psychiatrists- are asked to express our opinion on whether a patient can testify, however, are quit...
Case Reports
Medicine and law. 2001;20(1):85-92. DOI: 2001
W A Kofke,M A Rie,K Rosen
W A Kofke
A major impediment to appropriate adjudication in medical malpractice cases is the large difference in knowledge and background of the expert witness compared to judges, other litigants and juries. Such disparities make it plausible for an ...
G Siegal,N Siegal,Y Weisman
G Siegal
Patients' rights laws, bills and charters aim at delineating the patient-physician relationship in regard to consent to medical treatment, confidentiality and related issues. The need to shape such an intimate relationship by way of legisla...
D Singh
D Singh
This paper discusses the relationship between a hospital patient and his healthcare worker who is HIV positive or has active AIDS. What are the actual and potential risks involved? How much is a patient entitled to know about the HIV status...