Hospital Law

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-IX

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Hospital Laws, Procedures, and Ethics in a Contrastive World

      • G. F. Ortiz

      Pages 3-5

   3. Hospital Law — New Trends

      • A. Carmi

      Pages 6-16

3. Responsibility

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Liability of Hospitals to Patients

      • K. N. Kripke

      Pages 19-24

   3. Medicolegal Aspects of Hospital Functioning

      • A. Shafrir

      Pages 25-31

   4. Legal and Organizational Control of an Ambulatory Health and Social Service Centre

      • L. E. Rozovsky, K. Matheson

      Pages 32-35

   5. Preventing Patient Falls: A New Perspective

      • A. M. Halpert, J. P. Connors

      Pages 36-41

   6. Legal Aspects of Unauthorized Medical Intervention by Paramedical Personnel

      • J. Adler

      Pages 42-45

   7. Legal Problems Encountered by Emergency Medical Personnel in a Prehospital Setting

      • D. Applebaum

      Pages 46-49

   8. Confidentiality of Substance Abuse Records and Mental Health Records in the United States of America

      • I. Koenigsberg

      Pages 50-60

   9. Teaching Nursing Law in Nursing Schools

      • R. Feuerlicht

      Pages 61-63

4. Technology and Law

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65

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   2. The Role of Technology in Hospitals

      • G. B. Schatz, B. L. Rosen

      Pages 67-77

   3. Advanced Medical Technology and the Deinstitutionalized Handicapped

      • J. J. Halpert

      Pages 78-82

   4. The Computer as a Risk-Management Tool in the Hospital

      • T. A. Goldman

      Pages 83-85

5. The Patient

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87

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   2. Responsibility for One’s Own Illness

      • A. Gatot

      Pages 89-94

   3. Patient’s Informed Consent in Austria

      • G. Bauer

      Pages 95-100

This compilation of articles, research studies and case material deals with the multi-faceted dimensions of hospital law. The volume brings together international experts' views on the interface between medicine, law and ethics as they relate to hospital policy and procedures. Topics explored include: ethics committees, informed consent, malpractice, medical experts and the courts, medical records, use of computers, DNR, death, organ transplants and bio-medical technology.

• hospital
• intensive care medicine
• organ transplantation
• transplantation

• Haifa, Israel

  Amnon Carmi

• Summit Institute, Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University, Jerusalem, Israel

  Stanley Schneider

Policies and ethics