The Law and the Midwife
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The Law and the Midwife

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The Law and the Midwife

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About This Book

The second edition of this successful text is an essential and accessible guide to legal aspects of midwifery for all midwife supervisors, midwives, and midwifery students. Midwives will find this book provides them with the knowledge and understanding they require to make sense of the legal principles that affect their day-to-day work and allay their anxieties, encouraging them to extend and develop their practice safely and with confidence.

This new edition includes new and revised case studies throughout. It also contains new sections on NHS accountability, the Human Rights Act, the Data Protection Act, reproductive technologies and disciplinary pathways.

¡ Relates legal issues to everyday midwifery practice
¡ Written by an experienced midwife for midwives
¡ Accessible, relevant and up-to-date

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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2008
ISBN
9781405147828
Edition
1
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Nursing

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter 1 The Legal Framework
  5. Chapter 2 The Statutory Profession of Midwifery
  6. Chapter 3 The Statutory Regulation of Midwifery
  7. Chapter 4 Accountability within the NHS
  8. Chapter 5 Negligence in Midwifery Practice
  9. Chapter 6 Consent and Refusal
  10. Chapter 7 Use and Abuse of Information
  11. Chapter 8 Aspects of Law Related to Reproduction and Child Protection
  12. Chapter 9 Aspects of Employment Law
  13. Chapter 10 Application to Midwifery Practice
  14. Glossary
  15. Table of Bills/Statutes/SIs
  16. Table of Cases
  17. Index